Proverbs 8:27 Go deeper

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: (KJV)

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בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹba.ha.khi.Nowhen established he

Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to establish: establish

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 41:32, Exodus 15:17, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:4, Judges 16:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3559H; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 1

שָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yim[the] heavens

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 2

שָׁ֣םsham[was] there

Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: there

Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 3

אָ֑נִי'A.niI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 4

בְּח֥וּקוֹbe.Chu.kovwhen marked out he

Lemma: חָקַק (cha.qaq) · Strong's: H2710

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to decree

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Numbers 21:18, Deuteronomy 33:21, Judges 5:9, Judges 5:14, Job 19:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2710; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 5

ח֝֗וּגChuga circle

Lemma: חוּג (chug) · Strong's: H2329

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

Meaning: circle

Used 3 times. Also: Job 22:14, Isaiah 40:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2329; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 6

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 7

פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface of

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440J

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

Meaning: face: surface

Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440J; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 8

תְהֽוֹם\׃te.Hom[the] deep

Lemma: תְּהוֹם (te.hom) · Strong's: H8415

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

Meaning: abyss

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:2, Genesis 49:25, Exodus 15:5, Exodus 15:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8415; TAHOT Proverbs 8:27 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
was there	→	שָׁם H8033G there
when He established	→	כּוּן H3559H to establish: establish
the heavens	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
when He inscribed	→	חָקַק H2710 to decree
a circle	→	חוּג H2329 circle
on	→	עַל H5921A upon
the face	→	פָּנֶה H6440J face: surface
of the deep	→	תְּהוֹם H8415 abyss

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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