Proverbs 8:23 Go deeper

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. (KJV)

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מֵ֭עוֹלָםMe.'o.lomfrom long ago

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: forever: antiquity

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Proverbs 8:23 word 1

נִסַּ֥כְתִּיni.Sakh.tiI was installed

Lemma: נָסַךְ (na.sakh) · Strong's: H5258B

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)

Meaning: to install

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 2:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5258B; TAHOT Proverbs 8:23 word 2

מֵרֹ֗אשׁme.Roshfrom [the] beginning

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: head: first

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Exodus 12:2, Leviticus 6:5, Numbers 5:7, Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218J; TAHOT Proverbs 8:23 word 3

מִקַּדְמֵי\־mi.kad.mei-from [the] beginnings of

Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: front: old

Used 32 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:27, 2 Kings 19:25, Nehemiah 12:46, Job 29:2, Psalms 44:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6924H; TAHOT Proverbs 8:23 word 4

אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:23 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

From everlasting	→	עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity
I was established	→	נָסַךְ H5258B to install
from the beginning	→	רֹאשׁ H7218J head: first
before the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
began	→	קֶ֫דֶם H6924H front: old

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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