Prov 8:22-31 : 22 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.22",
"source": "יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃",
"text": "*YHWH qānānî rēʾšît darkô*, *qedem mipʿālāyw mēʾāz*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD",
"*qānānî*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he possessed/acquired me",
"*rēʾšît*": "feminine singular construct - beginning of",
"*darkô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way",
"*qedem*": "adverb - before/formerly",
"*mipʿālāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his works",
"*mēʾāz*": "preposition and adverb - from ancient time"
},
"variants": {
"*qānānî*": "he possessed me/acquired me/created me/brought me forth",
"*rēʾšît*": "beginning/first/chief part",
"*qedem*": "before/formerly/ancient time",
"*mipʿālāyw*": "his works/deeds/actions",
"*mēʾāz*": "from ancient time/from of old/from the beginning"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.23",
"source": "מֵ֭עוֹלָם נִסַּ֥כְתִּי מֵרֹ֗אשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "From-*ʿôlām* *nissaktî*, from-*rōʾš*, from-*qadmê-ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - eternity/antiquity",
"*nissaktî*": "niphal perfect 1st person singular - I was established/appointed/set up",
"*rōʾš*": "masculine singular noun - beginning/head",
"*qadmê*": "masculine plural construct - ancient times of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿôlām*": "eternity/antiquity/everlasting",
"*nissaktî*": "I was established/appointed/set up/ordained/poured out",
"*rōʾš*": "beginning/head/chief point",
"*qadmê-ʾāreṣ*": "ancient times of earth/before the earth"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.24",
"source": "בְּאֵין־תְּהֹמ֥וֹת חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי בְּאֵ֥ין מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹת נִכְבַּדֵּי־מָֽיִם׃",
"text": "When-no-*tᵊhōmôt* *ḥôlāltî*, when-no-*maʿyānôt nikbaddê-māyim*",
"grammar": {
"*tᵊhōmôt*": "feminine plural noun - deep places/depths",
"*ḥôlāltî*": "polal perfect 1st person singular - I was brought forth",
"*maʿyānôt*": "masculine plural noun - springs/fountains",
"*nikbaddê*": "niphal participle masculine plural construct - heavy with/abounding in",
"*māyim*": "masculine plural noun - waters"
},
"variants": {
"*tᵊhōmôt*": "deep places/depths/abysses",
"*ḥôlāltî*": "I was brought forth/born/formed",
"*maʿyānôt*": "springs/fountains/sources",
"*nikbaddê-māyim*": "heavy with waters/abounding in waters/laden with waters"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.25",
"source": "בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃",
"text": "Before *hārîm hoṭbāʿû*, before *gᵊbāʿôt ḥôlāltî*",
"grammar": {
"*hārîm*": "masculine plural noun - mountains",
"*hoṭbāʿû*": "hophal perfect 3rd person common plural - they were sunk/settled",
"*gᵊbāʿôt*": "feminine plural noun - hills",
"*ḥôlāltî*": "polal perfect 1st person singular - I was brought forth"
},
"variants": {
"*hārîm*": "mountains/hills",
"*hoṭbāʿû*": "they were sunk/settled/fixed in place",
"*gᵊbāʿôt*": "hills/heights",
"*ḥôlāltî*": "I was brought forth/born/formed"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.26",
"source": "עַד־לֹ֣א עָ֭שָׂה אֶ֣רֶץ וְחוּצ֑וֹת וְ֝רֹ֗אשׁ עָפְר֥וֹת תֵּבֵֽל׃",
"text": "When-not *ʿāśâ ʾereṣ* and-*ḥûṣôt*, and-*rōʾš ʿaprôt tēbēl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿāśâ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he made",
"*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land",
"*ḥûṣôt*": "feminine plural noun - outlying areas/fields",
"*rōʾš*": "masculine singular construct - first/beginning of",
"*ʿaprôt*": "masculine plural construct - dust particles of",
"*tēbēl*": "feminine singular noun - world/habitable part"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāśâ*": "he made/created/fashioned",
"*ʾereṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*ḥûṣôt*": "outlying areas/fields/open country",
"*rōʾš ʿaprôt*": "first dust particles/beginning of the soil",
"*tēbēl*": "world/habitable part/inhabited earth"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.27",
"source": "בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּח֥וּקוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם׃",
"text": "When-*hăkînô šāmayim* there I, when-*ḥûqô ḥûg* upon-*pᵊnê tᵊhôm*",
"grammar": {
"*hăkînô*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his establishing",
"*šāmayim*": "masculine dual noun - heavens",
"*ḥûqô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inscribing",
"*ḥûg*": "masculine singular noun - circle/horizon",
"*pᵊnê*": "masculine plural construct - face of",
"*tᵊhôm*": "masculine singular noun - deep/abyss"
},
"variants": {
"*hăkînô*": "his establishing/preparing/setting up",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*ḥûqô*": "his inscribing/decreeing/marking out",
"*ḥûg*": "circle/horizon/vault",
"*tᵊhôm*": "deep/abyss/primeval ocean"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.28",
"source": "בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם׃",
"text": "When-*ʾammᵊṣô šᵊḥāqîm* from-above, when-*ʿăzôz ʿênôt tᵊhôm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾammᵊṣô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strengthening",
"*šᵊḥāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - clouds/skies",
"*ʿăzôz*": "qal infinitive construct - becoming strong",
"*ʿênôt*": "feminine plural construct - springs of",
"*tᵊhôm*": "masculine singular noun - deep/abyss"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾammᵊṣô*": "his strengthening/making firm",
"*šᵊḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens",
"*ʿăzôz*": "becoming strong/prevailing",
"*ʿênôt tᵊhôm*": "springs of the deep/fountains of the abyss"
}
}
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"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.30",
"source": "וָֽאֶהְיֶ֥ה אֶצְל֗וֹ אָ֫מ֥וֹן וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת לְפָנָ֣יו בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃",
"text": "And-*ʾehyeh ʾeṣlô ʾāmôn*, and-*ʾehyeh šaʿăšuʿîm yôm yôm*, *mᵊśaḥeqet* before-him in-all-*ʿēt*",
"grammar": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmôn*": "workman/craftsman/architect/master workman/nursling/ward",
"*šaʿăšuʿîm*": "delight/joy/pleasure",
"*mᵊśaḥeqet*": "rejoicing/playing/laughing/delighting",
"*ʿēt*": "time/season/occasion"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.31",
"source": "מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ פ",
"text": "*mᵊśaḥeqet* in-*tēbēl ʾarṣô*, and-*šaʿăšuʿay* with-*bᵊnê ʾādām*",
"grammar": {
"*mᵊśaḥeqet*": "piel participle feminine singular - rejoicing/playing",
"*tēbēl*": "feminine singular construct - world of",
"*ʾarṣô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his earth",
"*šaʿăšuʿay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my delight",
"*bᵊnê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - mankind/humanity"
},
"variants": {
"*mᵊśaḥeqet*": "rejoicing/playing/laughing/delighting",
"*tēbēl*": "world/habitable part",
"*šaʿăšuʿay*": "my delight/my joy/my pleasure",
"*bᵊnê ʾādām*": "sons of man/humans/mankind"
}
}