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When he establishedבַּהֲכִינוֹthe heavens,שָׁמַיִםthereשָׁםwas I;אָנִיwhen he drewבְּחוּקוֹa circleחוּגonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the deep,תְהוֹם
Proverbs 8:27
Study it in the app“When he established the heavens, there was I; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:27, word by word
- When he establishedהֲכִינhachin
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hachin” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- when he drewחוּקchuk
engrave
To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.
Where else “chuk” appears- a circleחוּגchug
circle, vault
A circle; "the circle of the heavens" is the vault of the sky.
Where else “chug” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the deepתְהוֹםtehom
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 “tehom” appears
The context
26while he had not yet made the earth and the fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 · This verse (above)
28when he made firm the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,