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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• 28Israel 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. (Deut. 33:28)
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Psa. 68:26• 26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, 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: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. (Isa. 48:21)
dispersed.
Gen. 24:60• 60And 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. (Gen. 24:60)
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Judg. 12:9• 9And 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. (Judg. 12:9)
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Psa. 127:3• 3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psa. 127:3)
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Psa. 128:3• 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine 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.