Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Pro 11:27) | 2 tn The participle דֹּרֵשׁ (doresh) means “to seek; to inquire; to investigate.” A person generally receives the consequences of the kind of life he seeks. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:24) | 2 tn Heb “increases.” The verb means that he grows even more wealthy. This is a paradox: Generosity determines prosperity in God’s economy. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:22) | 3 sn By means of the parallelism, one who rejects discretion is like a swine. If that person has beauty, its value is wasted on and overshadowed by their “piggishness.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:25) | 2 tn Heb “will grow fat.” Drawing on the standard comparison of fatness and abundance (Deut 32:15), the term means “become rich, prosperous.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:22) | 1 tn The proverb makes a comparison by means of a verbless clause; the words “like… is…” are added in English for the sake of style. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:6) | 2 tn The verb לָכַד (lakhad) means “to capture, trap, overpower.” Here it is passive; cf. NIV, TEV “are trapped,” NASB, NKJV “caught,” ESV, NRSV “taken captive.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 10:21) | 2 tn The verb רָעָה (raʿah) means “to feed” or “to shepherd” (e.g., Gen 48:15). What they say will meet the needs of many. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 10:2) | 2 sn The term “righteousness” here means honesty (cf. TEV). Wealth has limited value even if gained honestly, but honesty delivers from mortal danger. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:13) | 2 tn The meaning of the word comes close to “riotous.” W. McKane describes her as restless and rootless (Proverbs [OTL], 366). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:9) | 3 tn The Hiphil verb normally means “to cause to know, make known,” but here the context suggests “to teach” (so many English versions). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:11) | 1 tn The preposition ב (bet) here may have the causal sense (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 45, §247), although it could also be means (Williams, 44, §243). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:4) | 2 tn The Hebrew word לֵב (lev) means both the “heart” and the “mind.” By metonymy, the mind stands for understanding or judgment. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:5) | 2 sn The expressions “eat” and “drink” carry the implied comparison forward; they mean that the simple are to appropriate the teachings of wisdom. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 9:6) | 3 tn The verb means “go straight, go on, advance” or “go straight on in the way of understanding” (BDB 80 s.v. אָשַׁר). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 8:13) | 1 tn The verb שָׂנֵא (saneʾ) means “to hate.” In this sentence it functions nominally as the predicate. Fearing the Lord is hating evil. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 8:7) | 2 tn The word “truth” (אֱמֶת, ʾemet) is derived from the verbal root אָמַן (ʾaman) which means “to be firm, trustworthy.” There are a number of derived nouns that have the sense of reliability: “pillars,” “master craftsman,” “nurse,” “guardian.” Modifiers related to this group of words include things like “faithful,” “surely,” “truly” (ʾamen). In the derived stems the verb develops various nuances: The Niphal has the meanings of “reliable, faithful, sure, steadfast,” and the Hiphil has the meaning “believe” (i.e., consider something dependable). The noun “truth” means what is reliable or dependable, firm or sure. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 8:5) | 1 tn The imperative of בִּין (bin) means “to understand; to discern.” The call is for the simple to understand what wisdom is, not just to gain it. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 7:18) | 2 tn Heb “loves.” The word דּוֹד (dod) means physical love or lovemaking. It is found frequently in the Song of Solomon for the loved one, the beloved. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 6:29) | 2 tn Heb “approaches.” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 6:31) | 3 tn The imperfect tense has an obligatory nuance. The verb in the Piel means “to repay; to make restitution; to recompense”; cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “must pay back.” |
