Proverbs 5:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:26 : 26 Bless{H8761)} ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine 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, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Judg 12:9 : 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

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