Psalms 94:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט

Transliteration

hă-nōṭaʿ ʾōzen hă-lōʾ yišmāʿ if-yōṣēr ʿayin hă-lōʾ yabbîṭ

Grammar Details

*hă-nōṭaʿ*: interrogative particle + participle, qal, masculine, singular - the one planting
*ʾōzen*: noun, feminine, singular - ear
*hă-lōʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - will not
*yišmāʿ*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he hears
*ʾim-yōṣēr*: conditional particle + participle, qal, masculine, singular - if the one forming
*ʿayin*: noun, feminine, singular - eye
*yabbîṭ*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he sees/observes

Word Meanings

*nōṭaʿ*: one planting/one who implants
*yišmāʿ*: hears/listens/perceives
*yōṣēr*: one forming/one who shapes/creator
*yabbîṭ*: sees/observes/beholds

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:11 : 11 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?
Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Ps 139:1-9 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; 12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

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