“Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?”
Isaiah 29:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 29:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ֨פְכְּ/כֶ֔םhapəkəkem
perversity yournounH2017
אִםʾim
?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
כְּ/חֹ֥מֶרkəḥōmer
like the clay ofpronH2563
heap · homer · mire · motion
הַ/יֹּצֵ֖רhayōṣēr
the potterparticleH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑בyēḥāšēb
will he be regardedverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֹאמַ֨רyōʾmar
it will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מַעֲשֶׂ֤הmaʿăśeh
a thing madenounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
לְ/עֹשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ləʿōśēhw
to the one who made itpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשָׂ֔/נִיʿāśāniy
he made meverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/יֵ֛צֶרwəyēṣer
and a potconjH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
אָמַ֥רʾāmar
it saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/יוֹצְר֖/וֹləywōṣərwō
to potter itspronH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֵבִֽיןhēbiyn
he has understoodverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
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.
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