“What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?”
Habakkuk 2:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Habakkuk 2:1817 words
HebrewMeaning
מָֽהmāh
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הוֹעִ֣ילhwōʿiyl
set forwardverbH3276
at all · can do good · (be · have) profit
פֶּ֗סֶלpesel
carved imagenounH6459
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
פְסָל/וֹ֙pəsālwō
graveverbH6458
hew
יֹֽצְר֔/וֹyōṣərwō
frameverbH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
מַסֵּכָ֖הmasēkāh
coveringnounH4541
molten · vail
וּ/מ֣וֹרֶהwmwōreh
archerconjH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
שָּׁ֑קֶרšāqer
without a causenounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בָטַ֞חbāṭaḥ
be bold (confidentverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
יֹצֵ֤רyōṣēr
fashionverbH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
יִצְר/וֹ֙yiṣərwō
framenounH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
עָלָ֔י/וʿālāyw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹתlaʿăśwōt
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֱלִילִ֥יםʾĕliyliym
idolnounH457
no value · thing of nought
אִלְּמִֽיםʾiləmiym
dumbadjH483
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.