Proverbs 8:26 Go deeper
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While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. (KJV)
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עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 1
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 2
עָ֭שָׂה'A.sahhe had made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 3
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.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 8:26 word 4
וְחוּצ֑וֹתve.chu.Tzotand [the] open places
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 5
וְ֝רֹ֗אשׁve.Roshand [the] first of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 8:26 word 6
עָפְר֥וֹתa.fe.Rot[the] dusts of
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 7
תֵּבֵֽל\׃te.Vel[the] world
Lemma: תֵּבֵל (te.vel) · Strong's: H8398
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: world
Used 36 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 22:16, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 18:18, Job 34:13, Job 37:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8398; TAHOT Proverbs 8:26 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| before | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| He made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| or fields | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| or any | → | רֹאשׁ H7218J head: first |
| of the dust | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
| of the earth | → | תֵּבֵל H8398 world |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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