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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)

H8415 depth

the

H6440 face

the

H5921 upon

H2329 compass

H2710 set

when

H8033 there

was

H589 I

H8064 heavens

the

H3559 prepared

When

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8064

Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם

Transliteration: shâmayim

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {air} X-(idiom) {astrologer} heaven (-s).

Definition:

from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

1. heaven, heavens, sky

a. visible heavens, sky

1. as abode of the stars

2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

b. Heaven (as the abode of God)

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