Proverbs 8:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָֽאֶהְיֶ֥ה אֶצְל֗וֹ אָ֫מ֥וֹן וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת לְפָנָ֣יו בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

Transliteration

And-ʾehyeh ʾeṣlô ʾāmôn, and-ʾehyeh šaʿăšuʿîm yôm yôm, mᵊśaḥeqet before-him in-all-ʿēt

Grammar Details

*ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I was
*ʾeṣlô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - beside him
*ʾāmôn*: masculine singular noun - workman/craftsman/architect
*šaʿăšuʿîm*: masculine plural noun - delight/joy
*yôm yôm*: masculine singular noun repeated - day by day
*mᵊśaḥeqet*: piel participle feminine singular - rejoicing/playing
*ʿēt*: masculine singular noun - time

Word Meanings

*ʾāmôn*: workman/craftsman/architect/master workman/nursling/ward
*šaʿăšuʿîm*: delight/joy/pleasure
*mᵊśaḥeqet*: rejoicing/playing/laughing/delighting
*ʿēt*: time/season/occasion

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

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