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Wisdom reader

BH-R06Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מָצָא חׇכְמָה וְאָדָם יָפִיק תְּבוּנָֽה׃ כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ יְקָרָה הִיא מִפְּנִינִים וְכׇל־חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּֽימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃ דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְֽכׇל־נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃

Pedagogical transliterationashrei adam matsa ḥokhma ... etz-ḥayyim hi la-maḥaziqim bah

Plain meaningProverbs 3:13–18: wisdom’s gain, value, paths, and life-giving character are praised.
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM); cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus. The verification evidence retains the exact MAM and OSHB/WLC readings and any witness difference.

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Wisdom reader

The opening אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם introduces the person who finds Wisdom. From verse 14 onward, feminine suffixes and pronouns refer to personified חָכְמָה: her gain, her right hand, her ways, and those who grasp her. The reader must keep that antecedent active across six verses.

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אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מָצָא חׇכְמָה וְאָדָם יָפִיק תְּבוּנָֽה׃ כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ יְקָרָה הִיא מִפְּנִינִים וְכׇל־חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּֽימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃ דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְֽכׇל־נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃
ORIGINAL

BH-R06

ashrei adam matsa ḥokhma ... etz-ḥayyim hi la-maḥaziqim bah
READING

Pedagogical reading guide

Proverbs 3:13–18: wisdom’s gain, value, paths, and life-giving character are praised.
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

3:13 finder of wisdom · 3:14–15 value comparisons · 3:16 gifts in her hands · 3:17 pleasant ways/peaceful paths · 3:18 tree-of-life image and conclusion

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

Close translation — ‘Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the person who obtains understanding. For her gain is better than the gain of silver, and her produce than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and none of your desires can compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand; in her left are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are called happy.’

SOURCE REFERENCE

Proverbs 3:13–18

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APPROVED STUDY LAYERS

Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.

Learning objective

Trace pronoun reference and feminine suffixes through a wisdom poem whose subject is personified Wisdom.

Morphology and syntax

OSHB independently tags the feminine suffixes, comparative מִן phrases, participles, and nominal clauses.

Practice

List every feminine suffix or pronoun whose antecedent is Wisdom. Identify the three comparison structures and the final metaphor.

Answer key

References include סַחְרָהּ, תְּבוּאָתָהּ, הִיא, בָהּ, בִּימִינָהּ, בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ, דְּרָכֶיהָ, נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ, הִיא, בָּהּ. Comparisons use טוֹב ... מִן, יְקָרָה הִיא מִן, and לֹא יִשְׁווּ־בָהּ. Final metaphor: עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא.

Source notes

MAM and OSHB/WLC agree consonantally across this selected unit; the evidence preserves exact pointed readings separately.

REMEMBER

Pronoun tracking is the key to reading sustained personification.