Isaiah 44:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁאֵ֣רִית֔וֹ לְאֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֖ה לְפִסְל֑וֹ *יסגוד־**יִסְגָּד־ל֤וֹ וְיִשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלָ֔יו וְיֹאמַר֙ הַצִּילֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י אֵלִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

û-šəʾērîṯô ləʾēl ʿāśāh ləp̄islô yisggād-lô wəyištaḥû wəyiṯpallēl ʾēlāyw wəyōʾmar haṣṣîlēnî kî ʾēlî ʾāttāh

Grammar Details

*û-šəʾērîṯô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and its remainder
*ləʾēl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for a god
*ʿāśāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he makes
*ləp̄islô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for his idol
*yisggād-lô*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he bows down to it
*wəyištaḥû*: conjunction + verb, hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he worships
*wəyiṯpallēl*: conjunction + verb, hitpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he prays
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to it
*wəyōʾmar*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he says
*haṣṣîlēnî*: verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - deliver me
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾēlî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my god
*ʾāttāh*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you

Word Meanings

*šəʾērîṯô*: its remainder/its residue/the rest of it
*ʿāśāh*: he makes/he creates/he fashions
*p̄islô*: his idol/his carved image/his graven image
*yisggād*: he bows down/he prostrates himself/he worships
*yištaḥû*: he worships/he bows down/he prostrates himself
*yiṯpallēl*: he prays/he intercedes/he supplicates
*haṣṣîlēnî*: deliver me/save me/rescue me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Dan 3:17 : 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Dan 6:20-22 : 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Dan 6:27 : 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
Isa 36:19-20 : 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Isa 37:38 : 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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