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Proverbs 8:27 Interlinear

“When he prepared the heavens I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth”

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Proverbs 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ	H3559	When he prepared	properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
2	שָׁ֭מַיִם	H8064	the heavens	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
3	שָׁ֣ם	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
4	אָ֑נִי	H589		i
5	בְּחֻ֥קוֹ	H2710	I was there when he set	properly, to hack, i.e., engrave (judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive
6	ח֝֗וּג	H2329	a compass	a circle
7	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	פְּנֵ֥י	H6440	upon the face	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
9	תְהֽוֹם׃	H8415	of the depth	an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

Proverbs 8:27 (current)When he prepared the heavens I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth