Proverbs 8:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

When-śûmô layyām ḥuqqô, and-mayim not yaʿabrû-pîw, when-ḥûqô môsᵊdê ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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