Amsal 7:12

7:12 at one time outside, at another ¹  in the wide plazas,

and by every corner she lies in wait.)

Amsal 8:3

8:3 beside the gates opening into ²  the city,

at the entrance of the doorways she cries out: ³ 

[7:12]  ¹ tn The repetition of the noun “time, step,” usually translated “now, this time,” signifies here “at one time…at another time” (BDB 822 s.v. פַּעַם 3.e).

[8:3]  ² tn Heb “at the mouth of.”

[8:3]  ³ tn The cry is a very loud ringing cry that could not be missed. The term רָנַן (ranan) means “to give a ringing cry.” It is often only a shrill sound that might come with a victory in battle, but its use in the psalms for praise shows that it also can have clear verbal content, as it does here. For wisdom to stand in the street and give such a ringing cry would mean that it could be heard by all. It was a proclamation.