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Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: (KJV)
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חָ֭כְמוֹתCha.khe.motwisdom<s>
Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 1
בַּח֣וּץba.Chutzin the street
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 2
תָּרֹ֑נָּהta.Ro.nahit cries aloud
Lemma: רָנַן (ra.nan) · Strong's: H7442B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to sing
Used 52 times. Also: Leviticus 9:24, Deuteronomy 32:43, 1 Chronicles 16:33, Job 29:13, Job 38:7, Psalms 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7442B; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 3
בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹתba.re.cho.Votin the open places
Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: street/plaza
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:17, Judges 19:20, 2 Samuel 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7339; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 4
תִּתֵּ֥ןti.Tenshe gives
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to give: cry out
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 45:2, Exodus 9:23, Numbers 14:1, 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalms 18:13, Psalms 46:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414M; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 5
קוֹלָֽהּ\׃ko.Lahvoice her
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:20 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Wisdom | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
| calls out | → | רָנַן H7442B to sing |
| in the street | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| she lifts | → | נָתַן H5414M to give: cry out |
| her voice | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| in the square | → | רְחוֹב H7339 street/plaza |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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