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Proverbs 8:22

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3068 The LORD יהוה

H7069 possessed קנני

H7225 me in the beginning ראשׁית

H1870 of his way דרכו

H6924 before קדם

H4659 his works מפעליו

H227 מאז׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H3068 LORD

H7069 possessed

the

H7225 beginning

his

H1870 way

H6924 before

his

H4659 works

H4480 old

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7069

Hebrew: קָנָה

Transliteration: qânâh

Pronunciation: kaw-naw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {attain} buy ({-er}) teach to keep {cattle} {get} provoke to {jealousy} possess ({-or}) {purchase} {recover} {redeem} X-(idiom) {surely} X-(idiom) verily.

Definition:

to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own

1. to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

a. (Qal)

1. to get, acquire, obtain 1a

b. of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a

1. possessor 1a

c. of Eve acquiring 1a

d. of acquiring knowledge, wisdom

1. to buy

e. (Niphal) to be bought

f. (Hiphil) to cause to possess

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906