sha.ar describes calculating within oneself, as Proverbs 23:7 connects a person's inner reckoning with who he is.

The sole attested use describes a person's inward calculation: Proverbs 23:7 places the Qal perfect form in the clause about what he calculates in his soul and then states, “so he is.”

1. Calculating inwardly · dominant

   In Proverbs 23:7, the Qal perfect masculine singular form occurs in the clause concerning what a person does “in his soul”; the APB renders the clause “For as he calculates in his soul, so he is.”

   Proverbs 23:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 23:7, the APB presents the clause as “he calculates in his soul,”.