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Proverbs 9:14

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָהveyashevahand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and dwell”, a completed actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachto doorפֶּתַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.בֵּיתָ֑הּbeytahfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כִּ֝סֵּ֗אkisethroneכִּסֵּאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “throne”, the ordinary formH3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)seat, stool, throne.מְרֹ֣מֵיmeromeaboveמָרוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “above”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.קָֽרֶתqaretcityקֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH7176a citycity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

Young’s Literal Translation

And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne — the high places of the city,

World English Bible

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Darby Translation

And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Douay-Rheims

Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ θύραις τοῦ ἑαυτῆς οἴκου, ἐπὶ δίφρου ἐμφανῶς ἐν πλατείαις,