WISDOM — the master-word, and the head of a family Proverbs keeps carefully distinct (see da'at, binah, mezimmah, haskel): not raw intellect but SKILL for living — the same word names the CRAFTSMANSHIP of the tabernacle artisans (Exodus 31:3). Wisdom is knowledge (da'at) and understanding (binah) put to work rightly. In 1:20 it stands up as a woman, 'Wisdom' personified, crying in the streets — the Lady Wisdom of chapter 8. → first discussed at Gen 1:2