## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:1:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:1:1)

**הֲלֹא חָכְמָה תִקְרָא.** הֲלֹא הַתּוֹרָה מַכְרֶזֶת אֲלֵיכֶם דְּבָרִים הָאֲמוּרִים לְמַטָּה בָּעִנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will not wisdom call out** Does not the Torah announce for you the things mentioned below in this section?


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:3:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:3:1)

**לְפִי קָרֶת.** תִּקְרָה הַנְּתוּנָה עַל הַשַּׁעַר, וְיוֹשְׁבִים עָלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the entrance of the roof** Heb. קרת, the ceiling above the gate, where people sit.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:3:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:3:2)

**תָּרֹנָּה.** תִּזְעַקְנָה. וּמָה הִיא אוֹמֶרֶת? **אֲלֵיכֶם אִישִׁים אֶקְרָא**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she cries** Heb. תרנה, she cries, and what does she say? “To you, O men, I call.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:6:1)

**שִׁמְעוּ כִּי נְגִידִים אֲדַבֵּר.** דִּבְרֵי נְגִידוּת וַחֲשִׁיבוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hearken for I will speak noble things** Words of nobility and importance.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:8:1)

**נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ.** עַקְמוּמִיּוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is nothing twisted or crooked in them** There is no crookedness.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:10:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:10:1)

**מֵחָרוּץ.** מִמִּינֵי הַזָּהָב הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gold** Heb. חרוץ. A type of gold.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:11:1)

**מִפְּנִינִים.** מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than pearls** Heb. מפנינים, pearls.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:11:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:11:2)

**לֹא יִשְׁווּ בָהּ.** לֹא יִדְמוּ לְשָׁוְיָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**cannot be compared to it** They will not equal its value.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:12:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:12:1)

**שָׁכַנְתִּי עָרְמָה.** אֵצֶל עָרְמָה, שֶׁכֵּיוָן שֶׁלָּמַד אָדָם תּוֹרָה, נִכְנַס בּוֹ עַרְמִימוּת שֶׁל כָּל דָּבָר (סוטה כא:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I dwelt [beside] cunning** Beside cunning, for since a man has learned Torah, cunning about every matter enters into him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:13:1)

**יִרְאַת ה׳ שְׂנֹאת רָע.** זֶהוּ הַמּוּסָר שֶׁהַחָכְמָה מַכְרֶזֶת לַבְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Fear of the Lord is to hate evil** This is the discipline that wisdom announces to the people.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:15:1)

**בִּי מְלָכִים יִמְלֹכוּ.** שֶׁהַדִּינִים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲנִי מְלַמְּדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Kings reign with me** for the judges and the judgments I teach them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:17:1)

**אֹהַב.** כְּמוֹ אֶאֱהַב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will love those who love me** Heb. אהבי. [This is the reading.] The text is written: אוהביה, those who love her. Said the Holy One, blessed be He: “I will love those who love the Torah.” I heard this from Rabbi Aaron in the name of Rabbi Nathan.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:17:2)

**אֹהֲבַי.** אֹהֲבֶיהָ כְּתִיב, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: אֲנִי **אֹהֲבֶיהָ** שֶׁל תּוֹרָה **אֹהָב.** זוֹ שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵרַבִּי אַהֲרֹן, בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי נָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will love** Heb. אהב, like אאהב.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:17:3)

**יִמְצָאֻנְנִי.** נוּ״ן יְתֵרָה: חֲמִשִּׁים שַׁעֲרֵי בִינָה אַמְצִיאֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will find me** Heb. ימצאנני. There is an extra “nun,” denoting fifty. I will allow him to find the fifty gates of understanding.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:21:1)

**לְהַנְחִיל אוֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ.** יֵשׁ אִתִּי נַחֲלָה רַבָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is substance to give inheritance** Heb. יש, lit. there is. There is with me a great inheritance.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:22:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:22:1)

**רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ.** קוֹדֶם בְּרִיאָתוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם (פסחים נד.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the beginning of His way** before the creation of the world.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:23:1)

**נִסַּכְתִּי מֵרֹאשׁ.** לְשׁוֹן נְסִיכֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם (מיכה ה:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was enthroned, from the beginning** Heb. נסכתי, an expression of (Ezek. 35): “Princes (נסיכי) of the sons of man.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:24:1)

**חוֹלָלְתִּי.** נִבְרֵאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was created** Heb. חוללתי.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:25:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:25:1)

**בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים הָטְבָּעוּ.** בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**before the mountains were sunk** within the water.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:26:1)

**אֶרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת.** אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּשְׁאָר אֲרָצוֹת (תענית י.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the land and the outsides** The land of Israel and other lands.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:26:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:26:2)

**וְרֹאשׁ עַפְרוֹת תֵּבֵל.** אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן (סנהדרין לח.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the beginning of the dust of the earth** The first man.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:27:1)

**בְּחֻקּוֹ חוּג עַל פְּנֵי תְהוֹם.** כְּשֶׁרָקַע חוּג הָאָרֶץ עַל הַמַּיִם, חֹק גְּבוּל בַּל יַעֲבֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He drew a circle over the face of the deep** When He drew the circle of the earth over the water, to draw a boundary that it may not pass.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:27:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:27:2)

**חוּג.** לְשׁוֹן הֶקֵּף, כְּמוֹ ״וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתָאֲרֵהוּ״ (ישעיה מד:יג). קוֹנְפָּא״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
חוג is an expression of encircling, as in (Isa. 44: 13): “and with a compass (ובמחוגה) he rounds it.” (Compas in French, zirkel in German, as in Gen. 29: 17, Isa. 5:22, 44:13, and Job 22: 14.)


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:28:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:28:1)

**בַּעֲזוֹז.** כְּשֶׁהִגְבִּיר מַעְיְנוֹת תְּהוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He strengthened the fountains of the deep** When He made mighty the fountains of the deep.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:29:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:29:1)

**בְּשׂוּמוֹ לַיָּם חֻקּוֹ.** וְגָזַר עַל יַם סוּף כְּשֶׁבְּרָאוֹ, עַל מְנָת לְהִבָּקַע לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה (שמות יד:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He gave the sea its boundary** and decreed upon the Reed Sea when he created it, on the condition that it split before Moses.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:29:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:29:2)

**בְּחֻקּוֹ מוֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ.** בְּחִקָּתוֹ, מִלְּשׁוֹן חֻקּוֹ; כְּמוֹ ״עַל כַּפַּיִם חַקֹּתִיךְ״ (ישעיה מט:טז); וְכֵן ״וּמֵחֵיק הָאָרֶץ״ (יחזקאל מג:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He established the foundations of the earth** Heb. בחקו from an expression of engraving (חקוי), as in (Isa. 49:16): “Behold on [My] hands I have engraved you (חקתיך),” and so (Ezek. 43:14): “And from the bottom (מחיק) upon the ground.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:30:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:30:1)

**אָמוֹן.** גְּדֵלָה אֶצְלוֹ, לְשׁוֹן ״הָאֲמוּנִים עֲלֵי תוֹלָע״ (איכה ד:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a nursling** Heb. אמון, one that was reared beside Him, an expression of (Lam. 4:5): “They that were reared (האמנים) amid crimson.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:30:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:30:2)

**יוֹם יוֹם.** אַלְפַּיִם שָׁנָה (תהלים צ:ד; ויקרא רבה יט:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**every day** יום יום, lit. a day a day, two thousand years.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:31:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:31:1)

**מְשַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵל אַרְצוֹ.** כָּל דּוֹרוֹת הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁהָיוּ מֵאָדָם וְעַד נֹחַ וּמִנֹּחַ וְעַד אַבְרָהָם הָיִיתִי מְשַׂחֶקֶת עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**playing in the habitable world of His earth** All the generations of the wicked that were from Adam to Noah and from Noah to Abraham, I was laughing at them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:31:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:31:2)

**וְשַׁעֲשֻׁעַי.** צָפִיתִי עַד בֹּא דּוֹר הַמִּדְבָּר וִיקַבְּלוּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [having] my delights** I waited until the generation of the desert came and accepted me.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:32:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:32:1)

**וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ לִי**:


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:33:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:33:1)

**וְאַל תִּפְרָעוּ.** וְאַל תְּבַטְּלוּ מוּסָרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and do not put it to naught** Heb. תפרעו, and do not put my discipline to naught.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:34:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:34:1)

**לִשְׁקֹד.** לִשְׁמֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to watch** Heb. לשקד


###### Rashi on Proverbs 8:34:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 8:34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/8:34:2)

**עַל דַּלְתוֹתַי.** לְהִכָּנֵס רִאשׁוֹן לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ וּלְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת וְלָצֵאת אַחֲרוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by my doors** [to be the] first to enter into the study hall and the synagogue and [the] last to leave.