Isaiah 44:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה לְאָדָם֙ לְבָעֵ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵהֶם֙ וַיָּ֔חָם אַף־יַשִּׂ֖יק וְאָ֣פָה לָ֑חֶם אַף־יִפְעַל־אֵל֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ עָשָׂ֥הוּ פֶ֖סֶל וַיִּסְגָּד־לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

wəhāyāh ləʾādām ləḇāʿēr wayyiqqaḥ mēhem wayyāḥām ʾap̄-yaśśîq wəʾāp̄āh lāḥem ʾap̄-yip̄ʿal-ʾēl wayyištāḥû ʿāśāhû p̄esel wayyisggād-lāmô

Grammar Details

*wəhāyāh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it becomes
*ləʾādām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for a person
*ləḇāʿēr*: preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct - for burning
*wayyiqqaḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he takes
*mēhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from them
*wayyāḥām*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he warms himself
*ʾap̄-yaśśîq*: adverb + verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - indeed he kindles
*wəʾāp̄āh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and bakes
*lāḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread
*ʾap̄-yip̄ʿal-ʾēl*: adverb + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - indeed he makes a god
*wayyištāḥû*: conjunction + verb, hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he worships
*ʿāśāhû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he makes it
*p̄esel*: noun, masculine singular - an idol
*wayyisggād-lāmô*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (archaic) - and he bows down to it

Word Meanings

*ləḇāʿēr*: for burning/for fuel/for kindling
*wayyāḥām*: and he warms himself/and he gets warm
*yaśśîq*: he kindles/he lights/he sets ablaze
*ʾāp̄āh*: bakes/prepares
*yip̄ʿal-ʾēl*: he makes a god/he fashions a deity
*yištāḥû*: he worships/he bows down/he prostrates himself
*p̄esel*: idol/carved image/graven image
*yisggād*: he bows down/he prostrates himself/he worships

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 25:14 : 14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Isa 44:10 : 10 Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Rev 9:20 : 20 And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:
Judg 2:19 : 19 But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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