Hebrew Interlinear

Habakkuk 2:19 Interlinear

Woe unto him that saith to the wood Awake Arise stone to the dumb it shall teach Behold it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the midst

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1ה֣וֹיH1945Woeoh!
2אֹמֵ֤רH559unto him that saithto say (used with great latitude)
3לָעֵץ֙H6086to the wooda tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
4הָקִ֔יצָהH6974Awaketo awake (literally or figuratively)
5ע֖וּרִיH5782Ariseto wake (literally or figuratively)
6לְאֶ֣בֶןH68stonea stone
7דּוּמָ֑םH1748to the dumbstill; adverbially, silently
8ה֣וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
9יוֹרֶ֔הH3384it shall teachproperly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
10הִנֵּהH2009lo!
11ה֗וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
12תָּפוּשׂ֙H8610Behold it is laidto manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
13זָהָ֣בH2091over with goldgold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
14וָכֶ֔סֶףH3701and silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
15וְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16ר֖וּחַH7307and there is no breathwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
17אֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
18בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃H7130at all in the midstproperly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

Verse Context

Habakkuk 2:18 What profiteth the graven image thereof hath graven of his work...
Habakkuk 2:19 (current)Woe unto him that saith to the wood Awake Arise stone to the dumb it shall teach Behold it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the midst
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD temple is in his holy keep silence before ...

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