Proverbs 8:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:”

Proverbs 8:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 8:279 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ/הֲכִינ֣/וֹbahăkiynwō

certainpronH3559

confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···

שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayim

heavennounH8064

astrologer · heaven

שָׁ֣םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

אָ֑נִיʾāniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

בְּ/ח֥וּק/וֹbəḥwqwō

appointpronH2710

decree · governor · grave · lawgiver ···

ח֝֗וּגḥwg

circlenounH2329

circuit · compass

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פְּנֵ֥יpənēy

a- forenounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

תְהֽוֹםtəhwōm

deepnounH8415

depth

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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