Proverbs

Proverbs 5:16

¹⁶Why should your springs flow in the streets,

your streams of water in the public squares?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why should your springs	מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ	ma‘·yə·nō·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4599 spring
flow	יָפ֣וּצוּ	yā·p̄ū·ṣū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
in the streets	ח֑וּצָה	ḥū·ṣāh	Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2351 the outside
your streams	פַּלְגֵי־	pal·ḡê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H6388 channel
of water	מָֽיִם׃	mā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
in the public squares	בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת	bā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7339 broad open place, plaza

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.