Proverbs 5:16

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Proverbs 5:16


← Proverbs 5:15 Proverbs 5:16 (KJV) Proverbs 5:17 →
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let thy fountainsH4599 be dispersedH6327 abroadH2351, and riversH6388 of watersH4325 in the streetsH7339.


Original Hebrew

יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבֹות פַּלְגֵי־מָיִם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יָפ֣וּצוּ
ya.Fu.tzu H6327 HVqi3mp will they overflow?
מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣י/ךָ
ma'.ye.no.Tei./kha H4599 HNcmpc/Sp2ms springs/ your
ח֑וּצָ/ה
Chu.tza/h H2351 HNcmsa/Sd (the) outside/ towards
בָּ֝/רְחֹב֗וֹת
ba./re.cho.Vot H7339 HRd/Ncfpa in the/ open places
פַּלְגֵי
pal.gei- H6388 HNcmpc streams of
מָֽיִם
Ma.yim H4325 HNcmpa water
Strong's References
  • H2351 — חוּץ (chûwts, khoots): or (shortened) חֻץ (chuts); (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
  • H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
  • H4599 — מַעְיָן (maʻyân, mah-yawn'): or מַעְיְנוֹ (maʻyᵉnôw); (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה (maʻyânâh); from עַיִן (ʻayin) H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction); fountain, spring, well.
  • H6327 — פּוּץ (pûwts, poots): a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse); break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
  • H6388 — פֶּלֶג (peleg, peh'-leg): from פָּלַג (pâlag) H6385; a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation); river, stream.
  • H7339 — רְחֹב (rᵉchôb, rekh-obe'): or רְחוֹב (rᵉchôwb); from רָחַב (râchab) H7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area; broad place (way), street. See also בֵּית רְחוֹב (Bêyth Rᵉchôwb) H1050.
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Reciprocal references (3): Numbers 24:7, 1 Kings 2:9, Isaiah 48:1

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