Proverbs 8:28 Go deeper

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: (KJV)

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בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹbe.'a.me.Tzowhen made firm he

Lemma: אָמֵץ (a.mats) · Strong's: H0553

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: to strengthen

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Deuteronomy 2:30, Deuteronomy 3:28, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0553; TAHOT Proverbs 8:28 word 1

שְׁחָקִ֣יםshe.cha.Kim[the] clouds

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַק (sha.chaq) · Strong's: H7834

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

Meaning: cloud

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 22:12, Job 35:5, Job 36:28, Job 37:18, Job 37:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7834; TAHOT Proverbs 8:28 word 2

מִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'al<from> above

Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: above

Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT Proverbs 8:28 word 3

בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹזba.'a.Zozwhen became strong

Lemma: עָזַז (a.zaz) · Strong's: H5810

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

Meaning: be strong

Used 11 times. Also: Judges 3:10, Judges 6:2, Psalms 9:19, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 68:28, Psalms 89:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5810; TAHOT Proverbs 8:28 word 4

עִינ֥וֹתi.Not[the] springs of

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: spring

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 16:7, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869M; TAHOT Proverbs 8:28 word 5

תְּהוֹם\׃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 8:28 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

when He established	→	אָמֵץ H0553 to strengthen
the clouds	→	שַׁ֫חַק H7834 cloud
above	→	מַ֫עַל H4605 above
when the fountains	→	עַ֫יִן H5869M spring
of the deep	→	תְּהוֹם H8415 abyss
gushed forth	→	עָזַז H5810 be strong

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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