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Beforeבְּטֶרֶםthe mountainsהָרִיםwere settled,הָטְבָּעוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe hills,גְבָעוֹתI was brought forth;חוֹלָלְתִּי
Proverbs 8:25
Study it in the app“Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:25, word by word
- Beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- were settledהָטְבָּעוּhatbau
be settled
To be driven in and firm in place, like a foundation.
Where else “hatbau” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the hillsגְבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- I was brought forthחוֹלָלְתִּיcholalti
give birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “cholalti” appears
The context
24When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no springs laden with water.
25 · This verse (above)
26while he had not yet made the earth and the fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.