“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?”
Isaiah 45:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 45:917 words
HebrewMeaning
ה֗וֹיhwōy
woe to!particleH1945
alas · ho · O · woe
רָ֚בrāb
one who contendsverbH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
יֹ֣צְר֔/וֹyōṣərwō
the one who formed himverbH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
חֶ֖רֶשׂḥereś
a potsherdnounH2789
sherd · stone
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
חַרְשֵׂ֣יḥarəśēy
potsherds ofnounH2789
sherd · stone
אֲדָמָ֑הʾădāmāh
the groundnounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
הֲ/יֹאמַ֨רhăyōʾmar
¿ does it sayparticleH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חֹ֤מֶרḥōmer
claynounH2563
heap · homer · mire · motion
לְ/יֹֽצְר/וֹ֙ləyōṣərwō
to the one who forms itpronH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
מַֽהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תַּעֲשֶׂ֔הtaʿăśeh
are you makingverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וּ/פָעָלְ/ךָ֖wpāʿāləkā
and work yourconjH6467
deed · do · getting · maker ···
אֵיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
יָדַ֥יִםyādayim
handsnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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