“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 40:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 40:1216 words
HebrewMeaning
מִֽיmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
מָדַ֨דmādad
has he measuredverbH4058
mete · stretch self
בְּ/שָׁעֳל֜/וֹbəšāʿŏlwō
in the hollow of hand hispronH8168
hollow of the hand
מַ֗יִםmayim
the watersnounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וְ/שָׁמַ֨יִם֙wəšāmayim
and the heavensconjH8064
astrologer · heaven
בַּ/זֶּ֣רֶתbazeret
with spanpronH2239
תִּכֵּ֔ןtikēn
has he marked off?verbH8505
direct · be equal · mete · ponder ···
וְ/כָ֥לwəkāl
and has he contained?conjH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
בַּ/שָּׁלִ֖שׁbašāliš
in third of a measurepronH7991
instrument of musick · lord · measure · prince ···
עֲפַ֣רʿăpar
the dust ofnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/שָׁקַ֤לwəšāqal
and has he weighed?conjH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
בַּ/פֶּ֨לֶס֙bapeles
with balancepronH6425
weight
הָרִ֔יםhāriym
mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
וּ/גְבָע֖וֹתwgəbāʿwōt
and hillsconjH1389
little hill
בְּ/מֹאזְנָֽיִםbəmōʾzənāyim
with scalespronH3976
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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