Proverbs 8:29
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

King James Bible
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Hebrew
when He set
בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ (bə·śū·mōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a boundary
חֻקּ֗וֹ (ḥuq·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

for the sea,
לַיָּ֨ם ׀ (lay·yām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

so that the waters
וּ֭מַיִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

would not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

surpass
יַֽעַבְרוּ־ (ya·‘aḇ·rū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

His command,
פִ֑יו (p̄îw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

when He marked out
בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ (bə·ḥū·qōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe

the foundations
מ֣וֹסְדֵי (mō·ws·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4144: A foundation

of the earth.
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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