single/height
gaph denotes a person being alone in Exodus and elevated places in Proverbs.
The attested uses divide between a person’s unaccompanied status in Exodus and elevated locations in Proverbs; the shared English gloss does not permit a more specific connection between these contexts.
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Unaccompanied status · dominant
In Exodus 21:3, the singular construct form occurs twice in the condition of a man coming in and going out; the APB renders the verse “If he comes in single, he shall go out single.” In Exodus 21:4, the same singular construct form occurs in the contrasting case where a wife and children belong to the lord, and the APB again says that he “shall go out single.”
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Elevated places · occasional
In Proverbs 9:3, the plural construct form occurs in the clause describing where she calls; the APB renders the clause “she calls upon the heights of the town.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Exodus occurrences with “single” and the Proverbs occurrence with “the heights of the town.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ differing contexts rather than establish a precise English equivalent for each form.