Proverbs 8:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ‍ֽנִי־חָ֭כְמָה שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עָרְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא׃

Transliteration

I-ḥokmâ šākantî ʿormâ, and-daʿat mᵊzimmôt ʾemṣāʾ

Grammar Details

• *ḥokmâ*: feminine singular noun - wisdom
• *šākantî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I dwell/inhabit
• *ʿormâ*: feminine singular noun - prudence/shrewdness
• *daʿat*: feminine singular construct - knowledge of
• *mᵊzimmôt*: feminine plural noun - plans/discretion
• *ʾemṣāʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I find/discover

Word Meanings

• *ḥokmâ*: wisdom/skill/experience
• *šākantî*: I dwell/inhabit/reside with
• *ʿormâ*: prudence/shrewdness/craftiness
• *mᵊzimmôt*: plans/discretion/devices/thoughts
• *ʾemṣāʾ*: I find/discover/attain

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:4 : 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
• Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
• Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• Eph 1:8 : 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
• Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
• Eph 3:10 : 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
• Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• Exod 31:3-6 : 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
• Exod 35:30-36:4 : 30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. 1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
• 1 Kgs 7:14 : 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
• 1 Chr 28:12 : 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
• 1 Chr 28:19 : 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
• 2 Chr 13:14 : 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
• Ps 104:24 : 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.