Proverbs 8:23:4Prov.8.23.W4TAB
מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃
mikkadmearets
“from the ancient times of earth”
- Transliteration
- mik-kad-ME-A-rets
- Extended
- mihk-kahd-MEH-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /miq.qadˈmeː.ʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the ancient times of earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-kad-ME-A-rets
- sentence
me-o-LAM nis-SAKH-ti me-ROSH mik-kad-ME-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of temporal markers me’olam {מֵעוֹלָם | mê-ʿô-lām} ‘from eternity’, mê-rôʾš {מֵרֹאשׁ | mê-rôʾš} ‘from the beginning’, and miqadmê-’āreṣ {מִקַּדְמֵי־אָרֶץ | mi-qadmê-’ā-reṣ} ‘from the beginnings of the earth’. This parallel structure with asyndeton emphasizes the vast scope of Wisdom’s existence.
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Proverbs 8:23
From eternity, I was established , from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 8:23, so the Hebrew word מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ (mikkadmearets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.8.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.23.W4.S1) and character.