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Proverbs 8:27

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3559 When he prepared בהכינו

H8064 the heavens שׁמים

H8033 was there שׁם

H589 I אני

H2710 when he set בחוקו

H2329 a compass חוג

H5921 upon על

H6440 the face פני

H8415 of the depth תהום׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

When

H3559 prepared

the

H8064 heavens

H589 I

was

H8033 there

when

H2710 set

H2329 compass

H5921 upon

the

H6440 face

the

H8415 depth

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2710

Hebrew: חָקַק

Transliteration: châqaq

Pronunciation: khaw-kak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {appoint} {decree} {governor} {grave} {lawgiver} {note} {pourtray} {print} set.

Definition:

properly to {hack} that {is} engrave ( to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe

1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern

a. (Qal)

1. to cut in

2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe

3. to trace, mark out

4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law)

b. (Poel)

1. to inscribe, enact, decree

2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)

c. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)

d. (Hophal) to be inscribed

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