Prov 8:23-36 : 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"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.32",
"source": "וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁרֵ֗י דְּרָכַ֥י יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃",
"text": "And-now *bānîm šimʿû*-to-me, and-*ʾašrê dᵊrākay yišmōrû*",
"grammar": {
"*bānîm*": "masculine plural noun - sons/children",
"*šimʿû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear",
"*ʾašrê*": "masculine plural construct - happy are",
"*dᵊrākay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my ways",
"*yišmōrû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they keep/observe"
},
"variants": {
"*bānîm*": "sons/children/young men",
"*ʾašrê*": "happy are/blessed are",
"*dᵊrākay*": "my ways/paths/manners",
"*yišmōrû*": "they keep/observe/guard/preserve"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.33",
"source": "שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַחֲכָ֗מוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃",
"text": "*šimʿû mûsār waḥăkāmû*, and-not-*tiprāʿû*",
"grammar": {
"*šimʿû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear",
"*mûsār*": "masculine singular noun - instruction/discipline",
"*waḥăkāmû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - and be wise",
"*tiprāʿû*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you ignore/neglect"
},
"variants": {
"*mûsār*": "instruction/discipline/correction",
"*waḥăkāmû*": "and be wise/become wise",
"*tiprāʿû*": "you ignore/neglect/refuse/reject"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.34",
"source": "אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾašrê ʾādām šōmēaʿ* to-me, to-*šᵊqōd* upon-*daltōtay yôm yôm*, to-*šᵊmōr mᵊzûzōt pᵊtāḥāy*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾašrê*": "masculine plural construct - happy is",
"*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/person",
"*šōmēaʿ*": "qal participle masculine singular - listening/hearing",
"*šᵊqōd*": "qal infinitive construct - to watch/be diligent",
"*daltōtay*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my doors",
"*yôm yôm*": "masculine singular noun repeated - day by day",
"*šᵊmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - to keep/guard",
"*mᵊzûzōt*": "feminine plural construct - doorposts of",
"*pᵊtāḥāy*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my entrances"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾašrê*": "happy is/blessed is",
"*ʾādām*": "man/person/human",
"*šōmēaʿ*": "listening/hearing/obeying",
"*šᵊqōd*": "to watch/be diligent/be alert",
"*daltōtay*": "my doors/doorways",
"*šᵊmōr*": "to keep/guard/protect",
"*mᵊzûzōt*": "doorposts/gateposts",
"*pᵊtāḥāy*": "my entrances/openings/doorways"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.35",
"source": "כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי *מצאי **מָצָ֣א חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "For *mōṣᵊʾî* *māṣāʾ ḥayyîm*, and-*yāpeq rāṣôn* from-*YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*mōṣᵊʾî*": "qal participle masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one who finds me",
"*māṣāʾ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he finds/has found",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural noun - life",
"*yāpeq*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he obtains/gets",
"*rāṣôn*": "masculine singular noun - favor/acceptance",
"*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*mōṣᵊʾî*": "one who finds me/my finder",
"*māṣāʾ*": "he finds/has found/obtains",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/living/vitality",
"*yāpeq*": "he obtains/gets/receives",
"*rāṣôn*": "favor/acceptance/goodwill/pleasure"
}
}
36 {
"verseID": "Proverbs.8.36",
"source": "וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי חֹמֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כָּל־מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗י אָ֣הֲבוּ מָֽוֶת׃ פ",
"text": "And-*ḥōṭᵊʾî ḥōmēs napšô*, all-*mᵊśanʾay ʾāhăbû māwet*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥōṭᵊʾî*": "qal participle masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one who sins against me",
"*ḥōmēs*": "qal participle masculine singular - injuring/violating",
"*napšô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul",
"*mᵊśanʾay*": "piel participle masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those who hate me",
"*ʾāhăbû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they love",
"*māwet*": "masculine singular noun - death"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥōṭᵊʾî*": "one who sins against me/one who misses me",
"*ḥōmēs*": "injuring/violating/wronging",
"*napšô*": "his soul/self/life/being",
"*mᵊśanʾay*": "those who hate me/my haters",
"*ʾāhăbû*": "they love/cherish/prefer",
"*māwet*": "death/dying/realm of death"
}
}