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Proverbs 8:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”

Proverbs 8:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 8:227 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
קָ֭נָ/נִיqānāniy
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
רֵאשִׁ֣יתrēʾšiyt
beginningnounH7225
chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···
דַּרְכּ֑/וֹdarəkwō
alongnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
קֶ֖דֶםqedem
aforetimenounH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
מִפְעָלָ֣י/וmipəʿālāyw
worknounH4659
מֵ/אָֽזmēʾāz
beginningpronH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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