Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 64:8 Interlinear

But now O LORD thou art our father we are the clay and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְעַתָּ֥הH6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
2יְהוָ֖הH3068But now O LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3אָבִ֣ינוּH1thou art our fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
4אָ֑תָּהH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
5אֲנַ֤חְנוּH587we
6הַחֹ֙מֶר֙H2563we are the clayproperly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure
7וְאַתָּ֣הH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
8יֹצְרֵ֔נוּH3335and thou our potterto mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)
9וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639and we all are the workan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
10יָדְךָ֖H3027of thy handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
11כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Verse Context

Isaiah 64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold ...
Isaiah 64:8 (current) But now O LORD thou art our father we are the clay and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand
Isaiah 64:9 Be not wroth O LORD very sore ...

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