Proverbs 5:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Young's Literal Translation
Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.

King James Bible
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

Hebrew
Why should your springs
מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ (ma‘·yə·nō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source

flow
יָפ֣וּצוּ (yā·p̄ū·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

in the streets,
ח֑וּצָה (ḥū·ṣāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

your streams
פַּלְגֵי־ (pal·ḡê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6388: A channel, canal

of water
מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

in the public squares?
בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת (bā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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