6{
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.6",
"source": "שִׁ֭מְעוּ כִּֽי־נְגִידִ֣ים אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וּמִפְתַּ֥ח שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י מֵישָׁרִֽים׃",
"text": "*šimʿû* for-*nᵊgîdîm* *ʾădabbēr*, and-*miptaḥ śᵊpātay mêšārîm*",
"grammar": {
"*šimʿû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear",
"*nᵊgîdîm*": "masculine plural noun - noble/excellent things",
"*ʾădabbēr*": "piel imperfect 1st person singular - I speak/declare",
"*miptaḥ*": "masculine singular construct - opening of",
"*śᵊpātay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lips",
"*mêšārîm*": "masculine plural noun - upright things/straight things"
},
"variants": {
"*nᵊgîdîm*": "noble things/excellent things/princely things",
"*miptaḥ*": "opening/utterance",
"*mêšārîm*": "upright things/straight things/equity/fairness"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.7",
"source": "כִּֽי־אֱ֭מֶת יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חִכִּ֑י וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת שְׂפָתַ֣י רֶֽשַׁע׃",
"text": "For-*ʾĕmet* *yehgeh ḥikkî*, and-*tôʿăbat śᵊpātay rešaʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕmet*": "feminine singular noun - truth",
"*yehgeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it utters/meditates",
"*ḥikkî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palate/mouth",
"*tôʿăbat*": "feminine singular construct - abomination of",
"*śᵊpātay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lips",
"*rešaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - wickedness"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕmet*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability",
"*yehgeh*": "utters/meditates/mutters",
"*ḥikkî*": "my palate/mouth/taste",
"*tôʿăbat*": "abomination/detestable thing",
"*rešaʿ*": "wickedness/evil/injustice"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.8",
"source": "בְּצֶ֥דֶק כָּל־אִמְרֵי־פִ֑י אֵ֥ין בָּ֝הֶ֗ם נִפְתָּ֥ל וְעִקֵּֽשׁ׃",
"text": "In-*ṣedeq* all-*ʾimrê-pî* nothing in-them *niptāl* and-*ʿiqqēš*",
"grammar": {
"*ṣedeq*": "masculine singular noun - righteousness",
"*ʾimrê*": "masculine plural construct - words of",
"*pî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth",
"*niptāl*": "niphal participle masculine singular - twisted/crooked",
"*ʿiqqēš*": "adjective masculine singular - perverse/distorted"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣedeq*": "righteousness/justice/rightness",
"*niptāl*": "twisted/crooked/distorted",
"*ʿiqqēš*": "perverse/distorted/crooked"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.9",
"source": "כֻּלָּ֣ם נְ֭כֹחִים לַמֵּבִ֑ין וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים לְמֹ֣צְאֵי דָֽעַת׃",
"text": "All-of-them *nᵊkōḥîm* to-the-*mēbîn*, and-*yᵊšārîm* to-*mōṣᵊʾê dāʿat*",
"grammar": {
"*nᵊkōḥîm*": "adjective masculine plural - straight/right/plain",
"*mēbîn*": "hiphil participle masculine singular - one who understands/discerns",
"*yᵊšārîm*": "adjective masculine plural - upright/straight",
"*mōṣᵊʾê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - those who find",
"*dāʿat*": "feminine singular noun - knowledge"
},
"variants": {
"*nᵊkōḥîm*": "straight/right/plain/clear",
"*mēbîn*": "one who understands/discerns/perceives",
"*yᵊšārîm*": "upright/straight/just",
"*mōṣᵊʾê*": "those who find/obtain/gain",
"*dāʿat*": "knowledge/insight/perception"
}
}