Proverbs 8:29
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,This verse in the real world
In what words
- מוֹסָדmôwçâda foundation
- חָקַקchâqaqproperly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to e
- חֹקchôqan enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- יָםyâma sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article),
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- שׂוּםsûwmto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and e
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 104:9, Jer 5:22, Gen 1:9–10, Job 38:4–11, Psa 104:5, Psa 33:7