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When there were noבְּאֵיןdeeps,תְּהֹמוֹתI was brought forth,חוֹלָלְתִּיwhen there were noבְּאֵיןspringsמַעְיָנוֹתladenנִכְבַּדֵּיwith water.מָיִם
Proverbs 8:24
Study it in the app“When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no springs laden with water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:24, word by word
- deepsתְּהֹמוֹתtehomot
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehomot” appears- I was brought forthחוֹלָלְתִּיcholalti
give birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “cholalti” appears- springsמַעְיָנוֹתmayanot
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayanot” appears- ladenנִכְבַּדֵּיnichbade
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “nichbade” appears- with waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
23From eternity I was established, from the beginning, from the origins of the earth.
24 · This verse (above)
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;