King James Version
Proverbs 9:3 in the King James Version says “She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,”
Proverbs 9:3 · KJV
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. her beasts: Heb. her killing
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“She hath sent forth”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“she crieth”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the highest places”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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