1 Proverbs 8 (8:1) discern. = בין understanding under BDB 108a. Root = ת בוּנ ה (8:2) 928b. height (poetic) under BDB = מ רוֹם prominent. swell forth, become = נתב path under BDB 677a. Root = נ ת יב ה and other נצב (Pun) = Niphal take one s stand, stand under BDB 662a. Ph נצב forms monument. Nab Palm נצב set up. Zinj נצב statue. Palm מצבא image. נצב Arb naṣaba set up, erect. Sab.נ צ ב Akk (perhaps) naṣābu (Amarna). Arm cippus. 1 עלי דר ך (8:3) 1044b. gate under BDB = שׁ ע ר -> קרת חדשת town, city (late poetry) under BDB 900b. Very rare. Ph GN = ק ר ת Carthage? 2 לפי קרת 99b. entrance, a coming in, entering under BDB = מ בוֹא 835b. opening, doorway, entrance under BDB = פ ת ח 943a. 3 give a ringing cry under BDB = רנן (8:4) 1 Septuagint omits. 2 Propose אקרא compare 1:20sq(?). 3 Compare 1:20a.
2.אנשׁים rather than א ישׁ = late plural form of אישׁים (8:5) Several parallels with Proverbs 1. 106b. = Niphal be intelligent, discerning, have understanding under BDB בין Here Hiphil. 834a. simple, open-minded? under BDB = פ ת י Rare. craftiness, prudence under BDB 791a. = ע ר מ ה be or become = כסל stupid fellow, dullard, fool under BDB 493a. Root = כ ס יל stupid. Wait. Not סכיל which is not a word but similar to סכל = be foolish, or a fool. Syntax a little unclear. Literally understand (plural) heart = understand הבינו לב (with?) (the) heart? (8:6) be = נגד leader (literally probably one in front ) under BDB 617b. Root = נ ג יד conspicuous. Which does not appear to be how the verse is using the word. Many translations something like noble things. 4.פתח opening, utterance under BDB 836a. Hapax. Root = מ פ תּ ח Again the syntax is a little unclear. Literally I will speak / opening of מפתח שׂפתי my lips uprightness = and (from?) the opening/utterance of my lips (I shall speak?) uprightness? Helps.ישׁר evenness, uprightness under BDB 449b. Root = מ ישׁ ר < מ ישׁ ר ים interpret נגידים earlier. (8:7) 4 Sure enough Read גדים גד fromנ rectaנ vel כחים compareנ verse 9.
3 54a. firmness, faithfulness, truth under BDB = א מ ת moan, growl, utter, speak, muse under BDB 211b. Often translated = הגה meditate. Eugene Peterson in his book Eat This Book draws a great deal of meaning out of this use of הגה in Psalm 1:2. Based on Peterson s take I half seriously suggest translating הגה as nomnomnom.??? = תעב abomination under BDB 1072b. Root = תוֹע ב ה wickedness under BDB = ר שׁע wicked, criminal under BDB 957a. Here = ר שׁ ע????. 5 רשׁע (8:8) ותועבת utterance, speech, word (only poetry) under BDB 56b. Root = א מ ר actually א מ ר.אמר twist, Niphal twisted with, wrestled with, Hitpael twisted under BDB = פתל 836b. Arb fatala. Arm פתל = (chiefly derivatives in figurative sense). (8:19) I = cut, sharpen, decide. Ah חרץ I = "sharp, diligent under BDB 358. Root חרוּץ but also Akk.חרץ II = be yellow. Ph חרץ V = gold (poetry) under BDB 359a. Root חרוּץ ḫurāṣu. Might be some word play here. product, revenue; produce under BDB 100a. A little tricky finding the = ת בוּא ה root in BDB. The ת is a noun preformative. participle. choose under BDB 103b. Here Niphal = בחר 5 Septuagint(Syriac) εβδελυγμενα δε αναντιον εμου χειλη (ψευδη) read לי שפתי compareותועבה 12:22.
4 (8:20) word! way, path under BDB 73a. Be careful how you read this = א ר ח prominent. swell forth, become = נתב path under BDB 677a. Root = נ ת יב ה 6 אהלּך (8:21) "get or take as a possession, Hiphil give as a possession, cause to inherit = נחל give under BDB 635b. Denominative. 69b. treasure, store, treasury, storehouse under BDB = אוֹצ ר Piel. be full, fill under BDB 569b. Here = מלא being used ישׁ Again the syntax is a little unclear. How is ישׁ אצרותיהם אמלא here? Grammatical note = ישׁשׁשׁשׁ י י י as a noun (wealth). ישׁ is occasionally used as a noun meaning property or wealth. This may have been its original use. See Williams 476. (8:22) 888b. acquire, get under BDB = קנה Literally Yhwh acquired/possessed me beginning (of) his יהוה קנני ראשׁית דרכו way = Yhwh possessed me at the beginning of his work. 869b. front, east, aforetime under BDB = ק ד ם rare. deed (of Yhwh) under BDB 821b. Very = מ פ ע ל ה - מ פ ע ל 7 ראשׁית. ך Thus Leningrad, many manuscripts and editions 6
5 8 דרכו 9 מאז (8:23) 10 מעולם 651b. 11 = III set, install under BDB נס ך Phew! (8:24) = תהם deep, sea, abyss (almost always poetry) under BDB 1062b. Root = ת הוֹם Akk tiāmtu and others? = Hiphil profane; begin under BDB 320b. Here Polal = begun, brought חלל forth? 745b. spring under BDB = מ ע י ן = Niphal "be made heavy (from abundance), be honored" under BDB 457a. In כבד a way weighty with. Okay this line sounds familiar. Similar to but different from Enuma Eli š I:1-2 = When the heavens above had not been named, when the earth below had not been called by name. I doubt Proverbs 8 is dependent upon Enuma Eliš but the similarity is interesting. 12 באין מעינות חוללתי 7 Syriac (Targum, Vulgate manuscripts) brš =. בראשׁית Probably just updating the poetic Hebrew syntax?. דרכ ו Septuagint, Symmachus (Vulgate) οδων αυτου, read 8 9 Septuagint, Syriac omit. 10 One manuscript adds,אני perhaps read. 11 Compare Psalm 2:6; Septuagint (Syriac) εθεµελιωσεν µε, Targum (Vulgate manuscripts) ʾjttqnjt, perhaps read נוסכתי compare Ps 139:13. 12 Septuagint (Vulgate) προ του προελθειν τας πηγας compare b.
6 13 נסכתי (8:25) Akk.ט ב ע sink, sink down, Hiphil be sunk, settled under BDB 371b. Arm = טבע ṭebû sink in. Arb ṭabaʿa seal, stamp, imprint. 148b. hill under BDB = ג ב ע ה (8:26) 14 עשׂה 299b. the outside, (especially in plural specifically) a street under BDB = חוּץ Root חוץ I = (meaning unknown). 15 16 וראשׁ 779b. 17 dry earth, dust under BDB = ע פ ר under BDB 385b. See also Akk tabalu (א ר ץ world (poetic synonym of = ת ב ל (by) land. Root יבל = conduct, bear along. Grammatical note = Plural of composition. A plural word may ראשׁ עפרות תבל refer to numerous items of the same material which form or constitute something. See Williams 9. Grammatical note = Temporal עד (to, until, by, during, while, as long as). The preposition עד can indicate that something occurs up to the time indicated by its object or, rarely, during the time indicated by its object. The object can be a noun, infinitive construct, or clause that begins with אשׁר or.כי The expression עד לא can mean before. See Williams 311. 13 Propose נ ב כ י compare Job 38:16. 14 Propose עשׂתה compare b.. חציר Propose 15. דשׁא Propose 16 17 Thus Leningrad Codex, several manuscripts and editions. ע פרות Now that is interesting in terms of morphology.
7 (8:27) be firm, Niphal be set up, established, fixed under BDB 465b. Akk kānu = כון be firm, right. Akk kāna exist, occur, be. Arb ḥaqqa.זקק Zinj.ח ק ק "cut in, inscribe, decree under BDB 349a. Arm = חקק be just, right, obligatory, (also) make, decide to be just. draw = חוג vault (only of the heavens) under BDB 295a. Very rare. Root = חוּג round, make a circle. 18 על פני תהום (8:28) 54b. = Piel make firm, strengthen under BDB אמץ rub away, beat = שׁחק dust, cloud (as fine, thin) under BDB 1007a. Root = שׁ ח ק fine, pulverize. strong. strength. Arb ʿazza be mighty, עז "be strong" under BDB 738a. Ph = עזז Akk ezēzu be furious. 19 (8:29) 962b. put, place, set under BDB = שׂום or שׂים בשׂומו... יעברו פיו 20 349a. 21 something prescribed, a statute or due under BDB = ח ק suffix. infinitive construct + 3ms חקק See verse 27. Note form בחוּקוֹ 18 Septuagint επ ανεµων. 19 Septuagint (Syriac, Targum [Vulgate]) και ως ασπαλεις ετιθει, read. בעז זו The form is odd especially in this context. 20 Septuagint* omits. Wonder why. 21 Septuagint και ισχυρα εποιει, perhaps read. בחזקוֹ Again fits the context better. What is going on here?
8 found, establish, = יסד under BDB 414b. Root (מוסדות foundation (plural = מוֹס ד fix. (8:30) א צ ל = אמן II = artificer, architect, master-workman under BDB 54b. Root אָמוֹן confirm, support. Also PN king of Judah and possibly Egyptian deity Amun? 22 1044a. 23 delight under BDB = שׁ ע שׁ ע ים Note the fsa form.צחק 965b. "laugh", Piel sport, play under BDB = שׂ ח ק.חכמה because subject is (8:31)??? = world/earth Literally in the world of his בתבל ארצו (8:32) 24 בנים שׁמעו happiness, blessedness of under BDB 80b. Interesting to see = א שׁ ר or א שׁ ר another אשׁרי clause here in Proverbs. 32-33) 25 (spanning verses ואשׁרי... תפרעו???. אמוּן Aquila τιθηνουµενη, probably read ;א מּ ן = αρµοζουσα Septuagint (Syriac, Vulgate) 22. שׁעשׁע יו Septuagint (Syriac) η προσεχαιρεν, read 23 24 Septuagint (Vulgate manuscripts) υιε, ακουε compare 4:1, 5:7, 7:24. 25 Septuagint* omits.!