Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 8:29 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Proverbs 8:29, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment when he appointed the foundations of the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹH7760When he gaveto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
2לַיָּ֨ם׀H3220to the seaa sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
3חֻקּ֗וֹH2706his decreean enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
4וּ֭מַיִםH4325that the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
5לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6יַֽעַבְרוּH5674should not passto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
7פִ֑יוH6310his commandmentthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
8בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹH2710when he appointedproperly, 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
9מ֣וֹסְדֵיH4144the foundationsa foundation
10אָֽרֶץ׃H776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Proverbs 8:28When he established the clouds above when he strengthened the fountains of the deep...
Proverbs 8:29 (current)When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment when he appointed the foundations of the earth
Proverbs 8:30 Then I was by him as one brought up his delight with him and I was daily...

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