Proverbs 5:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם

Transliteration

yāpûṣû your-maʿyĕnōt ḥûṣâ in-the-rĕḥōbôt palgê-māyim

Grammar Details

*yāpûṣû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they are scattered/dispersed/spread abroad
*maʿyĕnōt*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your springs/fountains
*ḥûṣâ*: noun, masculine singular with directional heh - to the outside/street
*rĕḥōbôt*: noun, feminine plural - open places/squares/broad places
*palgê*: noun, masculine plural construct - streams/channels of
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*yāpûṣû*: be scattered/be dispersed/spread out/overflow
*maʿyĕnōt*: springs/fountains/sources
*ḥûṣâ*: outside/street/abroad
*rĕḥōbôt*: open places/squares/broad streets/plazas
*palgê*: streams/channels/divisions
*māyim*: water/waters/liquid

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:26 : 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
Isa 48:21 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
Deut 33:28 : 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
Judg 12:9 : 9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

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