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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
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
קָ֭נָ/נִיqānāniy
he created meverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
רֵאשִׁ֣יתrēʾšiyt
the beginning ofnounH7225
chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···
דַּרְכּ֑/וֹdarəkwō
way hisnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
קֶ֖דֶםqedem
the beginning ofnounH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
מִפְעָלָ֣י/וmipəʿālāyw
works hisnounH4659
מֵ/אָֽזmēʾāz
from thenpronH227
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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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago
Wisdom Present at Creation
The Lord created me at the beginning of his works, the oldest of his acts of old. Wisdom is speaking in this passage, and she's claiming a place in creation itself. Before the earth, before the mounta...
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