Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 8:29 Interlinear

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

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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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