LITERATURE QUESTIONS
WISDOM LITERATURE
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Homan
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Barney
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Steve
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Hohma
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chokmah (Hebrew: Ḥoḵmā) is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as “wisdom” in English Bible versions (LXX sophia, Vulgate sapientia). The word occurs 149 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible It is cognate with the Arabic word for “wisdom", ḥikma (Semitic root ḥ-k-m).
Detailed explanation-2: -"Proverb” is a translation of the Hebrew word mashal, but “mashal” has a wider range of meanings than the short, catchy saying implied by the English word. Thus, roughly half the book is made up of “sayings” of this type, while the other half is made up of longer poetic units of various types.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bible says God gave King Solomon great wisdom and he spoke 3, 000 proverbs (1 Kings 4:29-34). Three collections of these are found in Proverbs (chapters 1-9; 10-24; 25-29; while chapters 30-31 are attributed to others).