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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ | H7760 | When he gave | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 2 | לַיָּ֨ם׀ | H3220 | to the sea | a 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 |
| 3 | חֻקּ֗וֹ | H2706 | his decree | an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) |
| 4 | וּ֭מַיִם | H4325 | that the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 5 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 6 | יַֽעַבְרוּ | H5674 | should not pass | to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in |
| 7 | פִ֑יו | H6310 | his commandment | the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos |
| 8 | בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ | H2710 | when he appointed | 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 |
| 9 | מ֣וֹסְדֵי | H4144 | the foundations | a foundation |
| 10 | אָֽרֶץ׃ | H776 | of the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
Verse Context
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