Proverbs 9:3 — Hebrew Bible interlinear

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. שָׁלְחָה
2. שָׁלַח
3. She has sent out
4. She's sent out
5. H7971 ↗
6. V-Vqp3fs
7. she_has_sent_out
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 271670
1. נַעֲרֹתֶי,הָ
2. נַעֲרָה · הוּא
3. servants of her female
4. her
5. H5291 ↗
6. O-Ncfpc,Sp3fs
7. servants_of,her_female
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271671
1. תִקְרָא
2. קָרָא
3. she calls out
4. She calls out
5. H7121 ↗
6. V-Vqi3fs
7. she_calls_out
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271672
1. עַל
2. עַל
3. on
4. -
5. H5921a ↗
6. S-R
7. on
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271673
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 271674
1. גַּפֵּי
2. גַּף
3. +the elevations of
4. -
5. H1610 ↗
6. S-Ncmpc
7. [the]_elevations_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271675
1. מְרֹמֵי
2. מָרוֹם
3. +the heights of
4. the heights
5. H4791 ↗
6. S-Ncmpc
7. of_[the]_heights_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271676
1. קָרֶת
2. קֶרֶת
3. +the town
4. the city
5. H7176 ↗
6. S-Ncfsa
7. [the]_town
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271677
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 271678

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–18: Wisdom and Folly each urge people to follow them

This section summarizes the main themes of chapters 1–8. It contains parallel appeals by Wisdom (9:1–6) and Folly (9:13–18), both personified as women. Both Wisdom and Folly appeal to the same audience, inviting them to come and eat in their homes. Between these two appeals is a summary of two opposite ways to respond to Wisdom (9:7–12). In the center of this paragraph, 9:10 contains a restatement of the first line of 1:7. These key verses mark chapters 1 and 9 as the beginning and end of the first major division of the book.

Some other headings for this section are:

Invitations of Wisdom and of Folly (NIV)

Wisdom and Foolishness each give a feast

Being Wise or Foolish (NCV)

Paragraph 9:1–6

This paragraph describes the preparations that Wisdom makes for a banquet (9:1–3) and the invitations that she sends out to the guests (9:4–6).

9:3a–b

She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out: Grammatically, the pronoun she refers to Wisdom in both clauses. In the context, however, it is clearly the servant women who actually invite people, using Wisdom’s words. In some languages, it may be clearer to make this information explicit. For example:

She has sent her servant women to call out (GNT)

She has sent her servant women to announce her invitation (CEV)

9:3a

She has sent out her maidservants;

She sent her female servants to invite the people to the feast.

She has sent out her maidservants: Wisdom’s maidservants are her “servant women” (GNT) or female servants, whom she has sent to invite the guests.

9:3b

she calls out from the heights of the city.

They go and call from the highest places in the city, saying,

from the heights of the city: This phrase probably refers to the places in the town from which the inhabitants can most easily see and hear the servant women. Here is another way to translate this:

from the highest places in the town (NRSV)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ תִקְרָ֑א

(Some words not found in UHB: sent_out servants_of,her_female calls on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in wings_of high_places_of city )

In this verse, wisdom is spoken of as if it were a wealthy woman who has servants and calls out in public. See the discussion of such personification in the Chapter Introduction. Alternate translation: [It is as if wisdom were a woman who has sent out her young women and calls out]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: sent_out servants_of,her_female calls on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in wings_of high_places_of city )

Solomon implies that the young women were sent out in order to invite people to the meal that Wisdom had prepared. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [She has sent out her young women to invite people to the meal]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: sent_out servants_of,her_female calls on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in wings_of high_places_of city )

See how you translated the similar phrase “the head of the heights” in 8:2.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. She has sent out
2. She's sent out
3. H7971 ↗
4. שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה
5. שָׁלַח
6. V-Vqp3fs
7. she_has_sent_out
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 271670
1. servants of her female
2. her
3. H5291 ↗
4. נַעֲרֹתֶ֣י,הָ
5. נַעֲרָה · הוּא
6. O-Ncfpc,Sp3fs
7. servants_of,her_female
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271671
1. she calls out
2. She calls out
3. H7121 ↗
4. תִקְרָ֑א
5. קָרָא
6. V-Vqi3fs
7. she_calls_out
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271672
1. on
2. -
3. H5921a ↗
4. עַל
5. עַל
6. S-R
7. on
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271673
1. +the elevations of
2. -
3. H1610 ↗
4. גַּ֝פֵּ֗י
5. גַּף
6. S-Ncmpc
7. [the]_elevations_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271675
1. +the heights of
2. the heights
3. H4791 ↗
4. מְרֹ֣מֵי
5. מָרוֹם
6. S-Ncmpc
7. of_[the]_heights_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271676
1. +the town
2. the city
3. H7176 ↗
4. קָֽרֶת
5. קֶרֶת
6. S-Ncfsa
7. [the]_town
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271677

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.