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She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her attendants, she calls out From the tops of the heights of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the highest places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />She has sent her servant women to announce her invitation from the highest hills: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />She hath sent forth her maidens, she crieth upon the highest places of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />She has sent out her servant girls. She calls from the highest places in the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />She has sent forth her girls, "" She cries on the tops of the high places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />She sent forth her girls: she will call upon the wings of the heights of the city,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />She has sent her maids to call out to the tower and to the fortified walls of the city,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She has sent out her maidservants; she calls from the heights out over the city: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />She has sent forth her servants to cry out upon the highest places and say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And she has sent her Servants to call upon the hills and they will say:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, Upon the highest places of the city:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1549" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/9.htm">The Way of Wisdom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šā·lə·ḥāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">She has sent out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5291.htm" title="5291: na·‘ă·rō·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- A girl, maiden. Feminine of na'ar; a girl.">her maidservants;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: ṯiq·rā (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">she calls out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1610.htm" title="1610: gap·pê (N-mpc) -- Body, self, height, elevation. From an unused root meaning to arch; the back; by extensive the body or self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4791.htm" title="4791: mə·rō·mê (N-mpc) -- Height. From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely, abstractly (elation), or adverbially (aloft).">the heights</a> <a href="/hebrew/7176.htm" title="7176: qā·reṯ (N-fs) -- Town, city. From qarah in the sense of building; a city.">of the city.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Matthew 22:3</a></span><br />He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-16.htm">Luke 14:16-17</a></span><br />But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. / When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Revelation 19:9</a></span><br />Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-9.htm">Matthew 22:9</a></span><br />Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Luke 14:21-23</a></span><br />The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ / ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ / So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a></span><br />“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a></span><br />The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Proverbs 1:20-21</a></span><br />Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; / in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-1.htm">Proverbs 8:1-3</a></span><br />Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? / On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. / Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm">Isaiah 2:3</a></span><br />And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,</p><p class="hdg">sent</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Matthew 22:3,4,9</a></b></br> And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/11-49.htm">Luke 11:49</a></b></br> Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and <i>some</i> of them they shall slay and persecute:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/14-17.htm">Luke 14:17,21-23</a></b></br> And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Damsels</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-7.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm">Heights</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm">High</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/psalms/148-12.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm">Places</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-14.htm">Point</a> <a href="/psalms/95-4.htm">Tops</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-4.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-10.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm">Damsels</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-18.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-17.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-6.htm">Heights</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">High</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-11.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">Places</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">Point</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Tops</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm">The discipline</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm">and the doctrine of wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">The custom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">and error of folly</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>She has sent out her maidservants;</b><br>In ancient times, sending out maidservants was a common practice for delivering messages or invitations, reflecting the social structure where servants acted on behalf of their masters. This phrase suggests a proactive and organized effort to reach others, symbolizing wisdom's active pursuit of those who need guidance. The use of maidservants indicates a structured and intentional approach, emphasizing the importance and urgency of the message being delivered. This can be seen as a type of the Great Commission, where believers are sent out to share the gospel. The imagery of sending out messengers is also reminiscent of Jesus sending out His disciples to spread His teachings.<p><b>she calls out from the heights of the city.</b><br>The "heights of the city" refers to a place of visibility and prominence, ensuring that the call is heard by as many people as possible. In ancient cities, the heights or high places were often associated with places of worship or significant public announcements. This setting underscores the importance and public nature of wisdom's invitation. The call from a high place signifies authority and the desire for the message to reach all inhabitants, much like the proclamations of prophets in the Old Testament who often spoke from elevated positions to address the people. This can also be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, where He taught from a high place to reach the multitudes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom.htm">Wisdom</a></b><br>Personified as a woman who is proactive in inviting others to learn and gain understanding. In the context of Proverbs, Wisdom is often depicted as a noble and virtuous woman.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/maidservants.htm">Maidservants</a></b><br>These are the messengers or representatives of Wisdom, sent out to extend her invitation. They symbolize the various ways wisdom is communicated and shared.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/heights_of_the_city.htm">Heights of the City</a></b><br>This refers to a prominent and visible place, suggesting that the call of wisdom is public and accessible to all who are willing to listen.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_invitation_of_wisdom.htm">The Invitation of Wisdom</a></b><br>Wisdom actively seeks out those who are willing to learn. It is not hidden or exclusive but is available to all who are open to receiving it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_messengers.htm">The Role of Messengers</a></b><br>Just as Wisdom sends out her maidservants, believers are called to be messengers of God's truth, sharing His wisdom with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_proclamation.htm">Public Proclamation</a></b><br>The call from the heights of the city signifies that wisdom should be proclaimed boldly and publicly, not kept hidden or private.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accessibility_of_wisdom.htm">Accessibility of Wisdom</a></b><br>Wisdom is not reserved for the elite or the educated; it is accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or status.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_wisdom_'she'_in_proverbs.htm">Why is Wisdom personified as 'she' in Proverbs?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_a_man_seek_ruthless_vengeance.htm">How can you honor the Lord with your wealth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ecclesiastes_10_10_stress_effort_over_faith.htm">Does the advice to sharpen the axe in Ecclesiastes 10:10 imply a reliance on human effort over divine intervention, creating tension with texts that stress faith and dependence on God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_midlife_crisis.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on a midlife crisis?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">She hath sent forth her maidens.</span>--Wisdom being here described under the figure of a woman, is properly represented as attended by her maidens, whom she sends forth to summon the guests. But the King (Matthew 22) despatches His servants for the same work, viz., His prophets and wise men and scribes (<a href="/matthew/23-34.htm" title="Why, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you whip in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:">Matthew 23:34</a>), whom from age to age He sends forth as His messengers.<p><span class= "bld">She crieth upon the highest places of the city--</span>so that all may hear. (Comp. our Lord's command to proclaim His message "upon the housetops," <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm" title="What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on the housetops.">Matthew 10:27</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">She hath sent forth her maidens,</span> as in <a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Matthew 22:3</a>, to call them that were bidden to the feast. The Septuagint has <span class="greek">τοὺς ἑαυτῆς δούλους</span>, "her servants," but the Authorized Version is correct, and feminine attendants are in strict harmony with the rest of the apologue. By them are represented the apostles and preachers and ministers, who go forth to win souls for Christ. St. Gregory sees in their being called "maidens" an intimation that they are in themselves weak and abject, and are only useful and honoured as being the mouthpiece of their Lord ('Moral.,' 33:33). <span class="cmt_word">She crieth upon the highest places of the city,</span> where her voice could best be heard, as in <a href="/proverbs/8-2.htm">Proverbs 8:2</a>; <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm">Matthew 10:27</a>. She is not satisfied with delegating her message to others; she delivers it herself. Septuagint, "calling with a loud proclamation to the cup (<span class="greek">ἐπὶ κρατῆρα</span>);" Vulgate, <span class="accented">Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis</span>, "She has sent her handmaids to invite to the citadel, and to the wails of the town." On which rendering St. Gregory comments, "In that while they tell of the interior life, they lift us up to the high walls of the city above, which same walls, surely, except any be humble, they do not ascend" ('Moral.,' 17:43). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/9-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">She has sent out</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lə·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her maidservants;</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·rō·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5291.htm">Strong's 5291: </a> </span><span class="str2">A girl, maiden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she calls out</span><br /><span class="heb">תִקְרָ֑א</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the heights</span><br /><span class="heb">מְרֹ֣מֵי</span> <span class="translit">(mə·rō·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> </span><span class="str2">Altitude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the city:</span><br /><span class="heb">קָֽרֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7176.htm">Strong's 7176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Town, city</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/9-3.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 9:3 She has sent out her maidens (Prov. 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