Proverbs 8:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

Young's Literal Translation
In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

King James Bible
When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Hebrew
I
אָ֑נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

was there
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

when He established
בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ (ba·hă·ḵî·nōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

the heavens,
שָׁ֭מַיִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

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

the horizon
ח֝֗וּג (ḥūḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2329: Vault, horizon

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the deep,
תְהֽוֹם׃ (ṯə·hō·wm)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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