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Isaiah 29:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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 29:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 29:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ֨פְכְּ/כֶ֔םhapəkəkem
turning of things upside downnounH2017
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
כְּ/חֹ֥מֶרkəḥōmer
claypronH2563
heap · homer · mire · motion
הַ/יֹּצֵ֖רhayōṣēr
fashionparticleH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑בyēḥāšēb
accountverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֹאמַ֨רyōʾmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מַעֲשֶׂ֤הmaʿăśeh
actnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
לְ/עֹשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ləʿōśēhw
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשָׂ֔/נִיʿāśāniy
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/יֵ֛צֶרwəyēṣer
frameconjH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
אָמַ֥רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/יוֹצְר֖/וֹləywōṣərwō
fashionpronH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֵבִֽיןhēbiyn
attendverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
Words 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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