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
| # | 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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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
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