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OET interlinear PROV 3:19

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Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. יְהוָה
    2. 387974
    3. YHWH
    4. Yahweh
    5. 3068
    6. S-Np
    7. Yahweh
    8. -
    9. Person=God; Y-1000
    10. 270065
    1. בְּ,חָכְמָה
    2. 387975,387976
    3. by wisdom
    4. wisdom
    5. 2451
    6. S-R,Ncfsa
    7. by,wisdom
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270066
    1. יָסַד
    2. 387977
    3. he founded
    4. founded
    5. 3245
    6. V-Vqp3ms
    7. he_founded
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270067
    2. 387978
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 270068
    1. אָרֶץ
    2. 387979
    3. +the earth
    4. -
    5. 776
    6. O-Ncbsa
    7. [the]_earth
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270069
    1. כּוֹנֵן
    2. 387980
    3. he established
    4. established
    6. V-Vop3ms
    7. he_established
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270070
    1. שָׁמַיִם
    2. 387981
    3. +the heavens
    4. -
    5. 8064
    6. O-Ncmpa
    7. [the]_heavens
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270071
    1. בִּ,תְבוּנָה
    2. 387982,387983
    3. by understanding
    4. understanding
    5. 8394
    6. S-R,Ncfsa
    7. by,understanding
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270072
    2. 387984
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-sof-pasuq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 270073

OET (OET-LV) YHWH by_wisdom he_founded the_earth he_established the_heavens by_understanding.

OET (OET-RV) Yahweh founded the world using wisdom.
 ⇔ ≈ He established the atmosphere and sky by understanding.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:13–20: Wisdom is valuable and is useful for both people and the LORD

This section teaches the value of wisdom by showing its usefulness to people and the LORD. It is useful to people, because it results in long life, wealth, honor, pleasantness, and peace (3:13–18). It is useful to the LORD, because he used it to create the world (3:19–20).

Another heading for this section is:

The Value of Wisdom (CEV)

3:19

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

19a The LORD founded the earth by wisdom

19b and established the heavens by understanding.

These two lines figuratively describe how the LORD created the earth and the heavens. He did it by means of his wisdom and understanding.

3:19a–b

(combined/reordered)

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding: The words wisdom and understanding were also used in 3:13a–b. In the context of creating the earth and the sky, they refer here to the LORD’s ability, skill, or expertise to create everything and set it in place.

See wisdom and understanding (good sense) in the Glossary.

3:19a

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom

The LORD founded the earth: According to the ancient Hebrew view of the world, the earth was a flat disc that the LORD founded or set firmly upon supporting pillars. These pillars reached down to sockets under the ocean. Some ways to translate this line are:

3:19b

and established the heavens by understanding.

established the heavens: According to the Hebrew view, the LORD also set the heavens in place upon supporting pillars.These pillars may have been the mountains. This view of the universe is taken from Fox (pages 159, 281–283), Toy (page 71), and Whybray (page 27). Some ways to translate this line are:

heavens: The word that the BSB translates here as heavens is the same word that was used in Genesis 1:1. It refers to the sky, including the heavenly bodies. It does not refer to heaven, the place where the LORD lives. Here is another way to translate this:

sky (GNT)

General Comment on 3:19a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts. For example:

By his wisdom and knowledge the Lord created heaven and earth. (CEV)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יָֽסַד־אָ֑רֶץ

founded earth

Here Solomon speaks of Yahweh creating the earth as if he were laying the foundation of a building. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [created the earth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠חָכְמָ֥ה & בִּ⁠תְבוּנָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH by,wisdom founded earth established heavens by,understanding )

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom in [1:2](../01/02.md) and understanding in [2:2](../02/02.md).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. YHWH
    2. Yahweh
    3. 3354
    5. 387974
    6. S-Np
    8. -
    9. Person=God; Y-1000
    10. 270065
    1. by wisdom
    2. wisdom
    3. 846,2730
    5. 387975,387976
    6. S-R,Ncfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270066
    1. he founded
    2. founded
    3. 3247
    5. 387977
    6. V-Vqp3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270067
    1. +the earth
    2. -
    3. 422
    5. 387979
    6. O-Ncbsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270069
    1. he established
    2. established
    3. 3692
    5. 387980
    6. V-Vop3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270070
    1. +the heavens
    2. -
    3. 7839
    5. 387981
    6. O-Ncmpa
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270071
    1. by understanding
    2. understanding
    3. 846,8159
    5. 387982,387983
    6. S-R,Ncfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1000
    10. 270072

OET (OET-LV) YHWH by_wisdom he_founded the_earth he_established the_heavens by_understanding.

OET (OET-RV) Yahweh founded the world using wisdom.
 ⇔ ≈ He established the atmosphere and sky by understanding.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.OET logo mark

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