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Proverbs 17:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H68 stone אבן

H2580 is as a precious חן

H7810 A gift השׁחד

H5869 in the eyes בעיני

H1167 of him that hath בעליו

H413 it whithersoever אל

H3605 כל

H834 אשׁר

H6437 it turneth יפנה

H7919 it prospereth ישׂכיל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H7810 gift

H2580 precious

H68 stone

the

H5869 eyes

him

that

H1167 hath

H413 whithersoever

H6437 turneth

H7919 prospereth

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7919

Hebrew: שָׂכַל

Transliteration: sâkal

Pronunciation: saw-kal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {consider} {expert} {instruct} {prosper} (deal) prudent ({-ly}) (give) skill ({-ful}) have good {success} {teach} ({have} make to) understand ({-ing}) {wisdom} ({be} behave {self} {consider} make) wise ({-ly}) guide wittingly.

Definition:

to be (causeatively make or act) circumspect and hence intelligent

1. to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper

a. (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect

b. (Hiphil)

1. to look at or upon, have insight

2. to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent

3. to have insight, have comprehension 1b

c. insight, comprehension (subst)

1. to cause to consider, give insight, teach 1b

d. the teachers, the wise

1. to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely

2. to prosper, have success

3. to cause to prosper

2. (Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906