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when he setבְּשׂוּמוֹfor the seaלַיָּםits statute,חֻקּוֹso thatוּthe watersמַיִםwould notלֹאpass beyondיַעַבְרוּhis command,פִיוwhen he marked outבְּחוּקוֹthe foundationsמוֹסְדֵיof the earth,אָרֶץ
Proverbs 8:29
Study it in the app“when he set for the sea its statute, so that the waters would not pass beyond his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:29, word by word
- when he setשׂוּמsum
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sum” appears- for the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- its statuteחֻקּchuk
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuk” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- pass beyondיַעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- his commandפִיfi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “fi” appears- when he marked outחוּקchuk
engrave
To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.
Where else “chuk” appears- the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיmosde
foundation
Foundation, the base on which something rests.
Where else “mosde” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
28when he made firm the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,
29 · This verse (above)
30I was beside him, a master builder, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him at all times,