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Forכִּיwisdomחָכְמָהis betterטוֹבָהthan pearls,מִפְּנִינִיםandוְallכָלthings desiredחֲפָצִיםcannotלֹאcompareיִשְׁווּwith her.בָהּ
Proverbs 8:11
Study it in the app“For wisdom is better than pearls, and all things desired cannot compare with her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:11, word by word
- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- is betterטוֹבָהtova
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tova” appears- than pearlsפְּנִינִיםpeninim
pearls, corals
Pearls or corals: a precious stone of uncertain identification. Only plural.
Where else “peninim” appears- things desiredחֲפָצִיםchafatsim
matter
A matter or thing to be done.
Where else “chafatsim” appears- compareיִשְׁווּyishvu
be equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “yishvu” appears
The context
10Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 · This verse (above)
12I, wisdom, dwell with shrewdness, and the knowledge of discretion I find.