Commentary for Proverbs 8:29
בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
When He gave to the sea His decree, That the waters should not transgress His commandment, When He appointed the foundations of the earth;
Rashi on Proverbs
when He gave the sea its boundary and decreed upon the Reed Sea when he created it, on the condition that it split before Moses.
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Rashi on Proverbs
when He established the foundations of the earth Heb. בחקו from an expression of engraving (חקוי), as in (Isa. 49:16): “Behold on [My] hands I have engraved you (חקתיך),” and so (Ezek. 43:14): “And from the bottom (מחיק) upon the ground.”
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