Verse 29

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.8.29", "source": "בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "When-*śûmô layyām ḥuqqô*, and-*mayim* not *yaʿabrû-pîw*, when-*ḥûqô môsᵊdê ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*śûmô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his setting", "*layyām*": "preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - for the sea", "*ḥuqqô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his decree", "*mayim*": "masculine plural noun - waters", "*yaʿabrû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they transgress", "*pîw*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his command", "*ḥûqô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his marking out", "*môsᵊdê*": "masculine plural construct - foundations of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land" }, "variants": { "*śûmô*": "his setting/placing/establishing", "*ḥuqqô*": "his decree/boundary/statute", "*yaʿabrû-pîw*": "they transgress his command/mouth/word", "*môsᵊdê*": "foundations/bases", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.9", "source": "גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יֽ͏ַעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*gĕbûl*-*śamtā* *bal*-*yaʿabōrûn* *bal*-*yĕshûbûn* *lĕkassôt* *hāʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*gĕbûl*": "noun, masculine singular - boundary, border", "*śamtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set", "*bal*": "negative particle - not", "*yaʿabōrûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they pass over", "*bal*": "negative particle - not", "*yĕshûbûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they return", "*lĕkassôt*": "preposition *lě* + verb, piel infinitive construct - to cover", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth" }, "variants": { "*gĕbûl*": "boundary, border, limit, territory", "*śamtā*": "set, placed, established, appointed", "*yaʿabōrûn*": "pass over, cross, transgress", "*yĕshûbûn*": "return, turn back, come back", "*lĕkassôt*": "to cover, to hide, to conceal", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the earth, the land, the ground" } }
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.9", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִקָּו֨וּ הַמַּ֜יִם מִתַּ֤חַת הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וְתֵרָאֶ֖ה הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾĕlōhîm* *yiqqāwû* the *mayim* *mittaḥat* the *šāmayim* to *māqôm* *ʾeḥād* and *tērāʾeh* the *yabbāšāh* and *wayĕhî*-*kēn*", "grammar": { "*yiqqāwû*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, jussive - let be gathered", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*māqôm*": "noun, masculine singular - place", "*tērāʾeh*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, jussive - let appear", "*yabbāšāh*": "noun, feminine singular - dry land" }, "variants": { "*yiqqāwû*": "let be gathered/let be collected/let be assembled", "*māqôm*": "place/location/area", "*tērāʾeh*": "let appear/let be seen/let become visible", "*yabbāšāh*": "dry land/dry ground/continent" } } 10 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.10", "source": "וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה הַמַּ֖יִם קָרָ֣א יַמִּ֑ים וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־טֽוֹב׃", "text": "And *wayyiqrāʾ* *ʾĕlōhîm* to the *yabbāšāh* *ʾereṣ* and to *miqwēh* the *mayim* *qārāʾ* *yammîm* and *wayyarʾ* *ʾĕlōhîm* that *ṭôb*", "grammar": { "*la-yabbāšāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun - to the dry land", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*û-lĕ-miqwēh*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and to gathering of", "*qārāʾ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - called", "*yammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - seas" }, "variants": { "*miqwēh*": "gathering/collection/reservoir", "*yammîm*": "seas/oceans/large bodies of water" } }
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.38.4", "source": "אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃", "text": "Where *hāyîtā* when-*yāsdî*-*ʾāreṣ*? *haggēd* if-*yādaʿtā* *bînâ*.", "grammar": { "*ʾêpōh*": "interrogative adverb - where?", "*hāyîtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you were", "*bə-*": "preposition - in/at/when", "*yāsdî*": "qal infinitive construct, 1st singular suffix - my founding/establishing", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*haggēd*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - declare/tell", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you knew", "*bînâ*": "noun, feminine singular - understanding/discernment" }, "variants": { "*yāsdî*": "my founding/my establishing/my laying foundation of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*bînâ*": "understanding/discernment/insight" } } 5 { "verseID": "Job.38.5", "source": "מִי־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו׃", "text": "Who-*śām* *məmaddeyhā* that *tēdāʿ*? Or who-*nāṭâ* upon-her *qāw*?", "grammar": { "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?", "*śām*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - set/placed/established", "*məmaddeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her measurements", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/because/for", "*tēdāʿ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you know", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*nāṭâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - stretched out/extended", "*ʿāleyhā*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon her/over her", "*qāw*": "noun, masculine singular - measuring line/cord" }, "variants": { "*śām*": "set/placed/determined", "*məmaddeyhā*": "her measurements/her dimensions", "*tēdāʿ*": "you know/you understand", "*nāṭâ*": "stretched out/extended/spread out", "*qāw*": "measuring line/cord/string" } } 6 { "verseID": "Job.38.6", "source": "עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃", "text": "Upon-what *ʾădāneyhā* *hāṭbāʿû*? Or who-*yārâ* *ʾeben* *pinnātāh*?", "grammar": { "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on", "*mâ*": "interrogative pronoun - what?", "*ʾădāneyhā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her bases/foundations", "*hāṭbāʿû*": "hophal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were sunk/fastened", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?", "*yārâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - laid/cast/threw", "*ʾeben*": "noun, feminine singular - stone", "*pinnātāh*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her cornerstone" }, "variants": { "*ʾădāneyhā*": "her bases/her foundations/her pillars", "*hāṭbāʿû*": "they were sunk/they were fastened/they were embedded", "*yārâ*": "laid/cast/threw/placed", "*pinnātāh*": "her cornerstone/her corner" } } 7 { "verseID": "Job.38.7", "source": "בְּרָן־יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃", "text": "When-*rōn*-together *kôkĕbê* *bōqer* and-*yārîʿû* all-*bĕnê* *ʾĕlōhîm*.", "grammar": { "*bə*": "preposition - in/during/when", "*rōn*": "qal infinitive construct - singing/shouting", "*yaḥad*": "adverb - together/unitedly", "*kôkĕbê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - stars of", "*bōqer*": "noun, masculine singular - morning", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*yārîʿû*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they shouted", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of", "*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God/gods/divine beings" }, "variants": { "*rōn*": "singing/shouting/crying out", "*kôkĕbê bōqer*": "morning stars/stars of dawn", "*yārîʿû*": "they shouted/they gave a shout of joy", "*bĕnê ʾĕlōhîm*": "sons of God/divine beings/angels" } } 8 { "verseID": "Job.38.8", "source": "וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃", "text": "And-*yāsek* with-*dĕlātayim* *yām* when-*gîḥô* from-*reḥem* *yēṣēʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*yāsek*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he shut up/enclosed", "*bə*": "preposition - with/by", "*dĕlātayim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*bə*": "preposition - in/when", "*gîḥô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its bursting forth", "*min*": "preposition - from", "*reḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - womb", "*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came out" }, "variants": { "*yāsek*": "he shut up/he enclosed/he confined", "*dĕlātayim*": "doors/gates/double doors", "*gîḥô*": "its bursting forth/its gushing out", "*reḥem*": "womb/matrix/birth" } } 9 { "verseID": "Job.38.9", "source": "בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃", "text": "When-*śûmî* *ʿānān* *lĕbušô* and-*ʿărāpel* *ḥătullātô*.", "grammar": { "*bə*": "preposition - in/when", "*śûmî*": "qal infinitive construct with 1st singular suffix - my placing/setting", "*ʿānān*": "noun, masculine singular - cloud", "*lĕbušô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its garment", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʿărāpel*": "noun, masculine singular - thick darkness/deep gloom", "*ḥătullātô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its swaddling band" }, "variants": { "*śûmî*": "my placing/my setting/my making", "*ʿānān*": "cloud/cloudiness", "*lĕbušô*": "its garment/its clothing", "*ʿărāpel*": "thick darkness/heavy cloud/deep gloom", "*ḥătullātô*": "its swaddling band/its wrapping" } } 10 { "verseID": "Job.38.10", "source": "וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃", "text": "And-*ʾešbōr* upon-him *ḥuqqî* and-*ʾāśîm* *bĕrîaḥ* and-*dĕlātāyim*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾešbōr*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I decreed/broke", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him/over it", "*ḥuqqî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my decree/boundary", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I set/placed", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - bar/bolt", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*dĕlātāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates" }, "variants": { "*ʾešbōr*": "I decreed/I broke/I established", "*ḥuqqî*": "my decree/my boundary/my limit", "*ʾāśîm*": "I set/I placed/I established", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "bar/bolt/barrier" } } 11 { "verseID": "Job.38.11", "source": "וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "And-*ʾōmar* until-here *tābôʾ* and-not *tōsîp* and-here-*yāšît* with-*gĕʾôn* *galleykā*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾōmar*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I said", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until/as far as", "*pōh*": "adverb - here/thus far", "*tābôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall come", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tōsîp*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall add/go further", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*pōʾ*": "adverb - here", "*yāšît*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shall place/set", "*bə*": "preposition - in/with", "*gĕʾôn*": "noun, masculine singular - pride/majesty", "*galleykā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your waves" }, "variants": { "*ʾōmar*": "I said/I declared", "*tābôʾ*": "you shall come/you may come", "*tōsîp*": "you shall add/you shall proceed further", "*yāšît*": "it shall place/it shall set/one shall set", "*gĕʾôn*": "pride/majesty/swelling", "*galleykā*": "your waves/your billows" } }
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.33.7", "source": "כֹּנֵ֣ס כַּ֭נֵּד מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם נֹתֵ֖ן בְּאֹצָר֣וֹת תְּהוֹמֽוֹת׃", "text": "*Kōnēs* like-*nēd* *mê* the-*yām* *nōtēn* in-*ʾōṣārôt* *təhômôt*", "grammar": { "*Kōnēs*": "qal participle, masculine singular - gathering/heaping up", "*ka-nēd*": "masculine singular noun with preposition *kə-* (like/as) - heap/dam/wall", "*mê*": "masculine plural construct noun - waters of", "*ha-yām*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the sea", "*nōtēn*": "qal participle, masculine singular - placing/putting", "*bə-ʾōṣārôt*": "masculine plural noun with preposition *bə-* (in) - storehouses/treasuries", "*təhômôt*": "feminine plural noun - deep places/depths/abysses" }, "variants": { "*Kōnēs*": "gathering/heaping up/collecting", "*nēd*": "heap/pile/wall/dam", "*mê*": "waters of", "*yām*": "sea/ocean", "*nōtēn*": "placing/putting/setting", "*ʾōṣārôt*": "storehouses/treasuries/storerooms", "*təhômôt*": "deep places/depths/abysses/primeval waters" } }
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.5", "source": "יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃", "text": "*yāsad*-*ʾereṣ* *ʿal*-*mĕkônehā* *bal*-*timmôṭ* *ʿôlām* *wāʿed*", "grammar": { "*yāsad*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he founded", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth, land", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon, on", "*mĕkônehā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her foundations/bases", "*bal*": "negative particle - not", "*timmôṭ*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be moved/shaken", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - forever, eternity", "*wāʿed*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and ever/perpetuity" }, "variants": { "*yāsad*": "founded, established, set, fixed", "*ʾereṣ*": "earth, land, ground, world", "*mĕkônehā*": "her foundations, her bases, her places", "*timmôṭ*": "be moved, be shaken, totter, slip", "*ʿôlām*": "forever, eternal, perpetual, ancient time", "*ʿed*": "ever, perpetuity, continuing future" } }
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.5.22", "source": "הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃", "text": "?*Ha'ôtî* not-you will *tîrā'û* *nə'um*-*YHWH*, if from my *pānay* not you will *tāḥîlû*? I who-*śamtî* *ḥôl* *gəbûl* to the *yām*, *ḥoq*-*'ôlām* and not it will *ya'abrenhu*; and they *wayyitgā'ăšû* and not they *yûkālû*, and they *hāmû* his *gallāyw* and not they *ya'abrunnəhû*.", "grammar": { "*ha*": "interrogative prefix - ?", "*'ôtî*": "direct object marker + 1st singular suffix - me", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*tîrā'û*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will fear", "*nə'um*": "construct noun - declaration/utterance of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh", "*'im*": "conditional particle - if", "*mippānay*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - from my face/presence", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*tāḥîlû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will tremble", "*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - who", "*śamtî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I placed", "*ḥôl*": "noun, masculine singular - sand", "*gəbûl*": "noun, masculine singular - boundary/border/limit", "*la*": "preposition + article - to the", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*ḥoq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - statute/decree of", "*'ôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - eternity", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*ya'abrenhu*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it will pass over it", "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*yitgā'ăšû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, hithpael - they toss themselves", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*yûkālû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are able", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hāmû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they roar", "*gallāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its waves", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*ya'abrunnəhû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will pass over it" }, "variants": { "*tîrā'û*": "you will fear/revere/be afraid of", "*tāḥîlû*": "you will tremble/writhe/be in anguish", "*ḥôl*": "sand/grain", "*gəbûl*": "boundary/border/limit", "*ḥoq-'ôlām*": "eternal decree/everlasting statute", "*yitgā'ăšû*": "toss themselves/rage/roar", "*hāmû*": "roar/make noise/be tumultuous", "*ya'abrunnəhû*": "pass over it/transgress it/cross it" } }