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Proverbs 5

Prov. 5:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let thy fountains
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
be dispersed
puwts (Hebrew #6327)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
KJV usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Pronounce: poots
Origin: a primitive root
abroad
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
, and rivers
peleg (Hebrew #6388)
a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)
KJV usage: river, stream.
Pronounce: peh'-leg
Origin: from 6385
of waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
in the streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
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Cross References

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thy.
Deut. 33:28• 28And Israel shall dwell in safety alone, The fountain of Jacob, in a land of corn and new wine; Also his heavens shall drop down dew. (Deut. 33:28)
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Psa. 68:26• 26In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord,--ye from the fountain of Israel. (Psa. 68:26)
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Isa. 48:21• 21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out. (Isa. 48:21)
dispersed.
Gen. 24:60• 60And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! (Gen. 24:60)
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Judg. 12:9• 9And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. (Judg. 12:9)
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Psa. 127:3• 3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward. (Psa. 127:3)
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Psa. 128:3• 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. (Psa. 128:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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16
Thy fountainsl shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

JND Translation Notes

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Ver. 16 as ch. 8.24; ver. 18 as ch. 10.11.