חֻקּ֗וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֻקּ֗וֹ

   khu-KO

   its statute or its limit
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לַיָּ֨ם חֻקּ֗וֹ

   la-YAM khu-KO

   for the sea its statute or its limit
3. clause🔊 בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו

   be-SU-mo la-YAM khu-KO u-MA-yim LO ya-a-ve-RU-FI-v

   when he set or when he placed him for the sea its statute or its limit and waters not they might pass over his mouth or his command
4. sentence🔊 בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

   be-SU-mo la-YAM khu-KO u-MA-yim LO ya-a-ve-RU-FI-v be-KHU-ko mo-se-DE A-rets

   when he set or when he placed him for the sea its statute or its limit and waters not they might pass over his mouth or his command when he decreed him or when he set his boundary foundations of earth or land

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase besumo {בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ |bə-sú-mô} ‘in his setting’, which introduces a temporal marker leading into layam {לַיָּ֨ם |la-yām} ‘for the sea’ and chuko {חֻקּ֗וֹ |ḥuqqô} ‘its boundary’, specifying the establishment.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ק־קChet–Qof–Qof

“to decree, set a limit”

• 🔊 חֻקָּהḥuqqāhordinanceLeviticus 18:4
• 🔊 מְחֹקֵקməḥōqēqlawgiverDeuteronomy 33:21