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Wisdomחָכְמוֹתcries aloudתָּרֹנָּהin the street;בַּחוּץin the squaresבָּרְחֹבוֹתshe raisesתִּתֵּןher voice.קוֹלָהּ
Proverbs 1:20
Study it in the app“Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the squares she raises her voice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:20, word by word
- Wisdomחָכְמוֹתchachmot
wisdom
Wisdom. A poetic plural form of the usual word for "wisdom"; the plural gives it force: "great wisdom".
Where else “chachmot” appears- cries aloudתָּרֹנָּהtarona
cry aloud
To call out loudly.
Where else “tarona” appears- in the streetחוּץchuts
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chuts” appears- in the squaresרְחֹבוֹתrechovot
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appears- she raisesתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- her voiceקוֹלָkola
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appears
The context
19So are the paths of everyone greedy for unjust gain: it takes away the soul of its owners.
20 · This verse (above)
21At the head of the noisy streets she calls out; at the openings of the gates, in the city, she speaks her sayings: