Proverbs 8:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

mᵊśaḥeqet in-tēbēl ʾarṣô, and-šaʿăšuʿay with-bᵊnê ʾādām

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*mᵊśaḥeqet*: rejoicing/playing/laughing/delighting
*tēbēl*: world/habitable part
*šaʿăšuʿay*: my delight/my joy/my pleasure
*bᵊnê ʾādām*: sons of man/humans/mankind

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 16:3 : 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Ps 40:6-8 : 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire{H8804)}; mine ears hast thou opened{H8804)}: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required{H8804)}. 7 Then said{H8804)} I, Lo, I come{H8804)}: in the volume of the book it is written{H8803)} of me, 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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