Isaiah 44:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃

Transliteration

ḥāraš ʿēṣîm nāṭāh qāw yətāʾărēhû baśśered yaʿăśēhû bammaqṣuʿôt û-ḇamməḥûḡāh yətāʾŏrēhû wayyaʿăśēhû kəṯaḇnîṯ ʾîš kəṯip̄ʾereṯ ʾādām lāšeḇeṯ bāyiṯ

Grammar Details

*ḥāraš*: noun, masculine singular - craftsman
*ʿēṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - wood/trees
*nāṭāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he stretches out
*qāw*: noun, masculine singular - line/measuring line
*yətāʾărēhû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he marks it out
*baśśered*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with the stylus/chalk line
*yaʿăśēhû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he makes it
*bammaqṣuʿôt*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - with the planes/chisels
*û-ḇamməḥûḡāh*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and with the compass
*yətāʾŏrēhû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he marks it
*wayyaʿăśēhû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he makes it
*kəṯaḇnîṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - according to the pattern of
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*kəṯip̄ʾereṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - according to the beauty of
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - man/human
*lāšeḇeṯ*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to dwell
*bāyiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - house

Word Meanings

*ḥāraš*: craftsman/artisan/worker in
*ʿēṣîm*: wood/trees/timber
*nāṭāh qāw*: stretches out a line/extends a measuring line
*yətāʾărēhû*: marks it out/outlines it/traces it
*śered*: stylus/red chalk/marking tool
*maqṣuʿôt*: planes/chisels/carving tools
*məḥûḡāh*: compass/circle-maker
*taḇnîṯ*: pattern/form/figure/likeness
*tip̄ʾereṯ*: beauty/glory/splendor
*lāšeḇeṯ bāyiṯ*: to dwell in a house/for household residence

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Referenced Verses

Judg 17:4-5 : 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Ps 115:5-7 : 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
Isa 41:7 : 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Acts 17:29 : 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Rom 1:23 : 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Judg 18:24 : 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Gen 31:19 : 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
Gen 31:30 : 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
Gen 31:32 : 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Exod 20:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deut 4:16-18 : 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

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