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Proverbs 8:22

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

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יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).קָ֭נָנִיqananipurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “purchase”, a completed actionH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.רֵאשִׁ֣יתreshitfirstרֵאשִׁיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “first”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7225the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.דַּרְכּ֑וֹdarkvoalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).קֶ֖דֶםqedembeforeקֶדֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “before”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).מִפְעָלָ֣יוmifalayvworkמִפְעָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4659a performancework.מֵאָֽזmeazfrom at which timeאָזpreposition, adverb — “from at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

World English Bible

“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

Darby Translation

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ,