Proverbs 8:26

“while he had not yet made the earth and the fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.”

Proverbs 8:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 8:26, word by word

madeעָשָׂהasa

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asa” appears
the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
the fieldsחוּצוֹתchutsot

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

Where else “chutsot” appears
the beginningרֹאשׁrosh

beginning

Literally "the head": the first moment of something.

Where else “rosh” appears
of the dustעָפְרוֹתafrot

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

Where else “afrot” appears
of the worldתֵּבֵלtevel

world

The world: the inhabited earth.

Where else “tevel” appears

The context

25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;

26 · This verse (above)

27When he established the heavens, there was I; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

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