Exodus 4:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו מִ֣י שָׂ֣ם פֶּה֮ לָֽאָדָם֒ א֚וֹ מִֽי־יָשׂ֣וּם אִלֵּ֔ם א֣וֹ חֵרֵ֔שׁ א֥וֹ פִקֵּ֖חַ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֑ר הֲלֹ֥א אָנֹכִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer YHWH to-him who śām peh to-the-ʾādām or who-yāśûm ʾillēm or ḥērēš or piqqēaḥ or ʿiwwēr is-not ʾānōkî YHWH.

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*śām*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - placed/appointed
*peh*: noun, masculine singular - mouth
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - man/humankind
*yāśûm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - makes/appoints
*ʾillēm*: adjective, masculine singular - mute/speechless
*ḥērēš*: adjective, masculine singular - deaf
*piqqēaḥ*: adjective, masculine singular - seeing/sighted
*ʿiwwēr*: adjective, masculine singular - blind
*ʾānōkî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I

Word Meanings

*śām*: placed/appointed/made
*ʾādām*: man/humankind/person
*yāśûm*: makes/appoints/designates

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:9 : 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Ps 146:8 : 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Jer 1:6 : 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
Jer 1:9 : 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
Ezek 3:26-27 : 26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 33:22 : 22 Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
Isa 6:7 : 7 and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.
Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the {H3608} prison-house.
Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

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