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Isaiah 40:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?


Isaiah 40:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 40:1216 words
HebrewMeaning
מִֽיmiy
anyparticleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
מָדַ֨דmādad
measureverbH4058
mete · stretch self
בְּ/שָׁעֳל֜/וֹbəšāʿŏlwō
handfulpronH8168
hollow of the hand
מַ֗יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וְ/שָׁמַ֨יִם֙wəšāmayim
heavenconjH8064
astrologer · heaven
בַּ/זֶּ֣רֶתbazeret
spanpronH2239
תִּכֵּ֔ןtikēn
bear upverbH8505
direct · be equal · mete · ponder ···
וְ/כָ֥לwəkāl
(be able toconjH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
בַּ/שָּׁלִ֖שׁbašāliš
captainpronH7991
instrument of musick · lord · measure · prince ···
עֲפַ֣רʿăpar
ashesnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/שָׁקַ֤לwəšāqal
payconjH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
בַּ/פֶּ֨לֶס֙bapeles
scalespronH6425
weight
הָרִ֔יםhāriym
hillnounH2022
mount · promotion
וּ/גְבָע֖וֹתwgəbāʿwōt
hillconjH1389
little hill
בְּ/מֹאזְנָֽיִםbəmōʾzənāyim
balancespronH3976
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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