Isaiah 44:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.”

Isaiah 44:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 44:915 words

HebrewMeaning

יֹֽצְרֵיyōṣərēy

fashionverbH3335

earthen · form · frame · make ···

פֶ֤סֶלpesel

carved imagenounH6459

כֻּלָּ/ם֙kulām

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

תֹּ֔הוּtōhw

confusionnounH8414

empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···

וַ/חֲמוּדֵי/הֶ֖םwaḥămwdēyhem

beautyconjH2530

greatly beloved · covet · delectable thing · delight ···

בַּלbal

lestparticleH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

יוֹעִ֑ילוּywōʿiylw

set forwardverbH3276

at all · can do good · (be · have) profit

וְ/עֵדֵי/הֶ֣םwəʿēdēyhem

witnessconjH5707

הֵׄ֗מָּׄהׄhēmāh

itprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

בַּלbal

lestparticleH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

יִרְא֛וּyirəʾw

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

וּ/בַלwbal

lestconjH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

יֵדְע֖וּyēdəʿw

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

לְמַ֥עַןləmaʿan

because ofpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

יֵבֹֽשׁוּyēbōšw

(beverbH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

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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