Isaiah 49:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֥ן עַל־כַּפַּ֖יִם חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ חוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְ נֶגְדִּ֖י תָּמִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Hēn on-kappayim ḥaqqōṯîḵ; ḥômōṯayiḵ negdî tāmîḏ.

Grammar Details

• *Hēn*: interjection - behold/see
• *kappayim*: noun, feminine dual - palms/hands
• *ḥaqqōṯîḵ*: verb, qal perfect, 1st singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - I have inscribed you
• *ḥômōṯayiḵ*: noun, feminine plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your walls
• *negdî*: preposition + 1st singular suffix - before me
• *tāmîḏ*: adverb - continually/always

Word Meanings

• *kappayim*: palms/hands/open hands
• *ḥaqqōṯîḵ*: I have inscribed you/I have engraved you/I have carved you
• *ḥômōṯayiḵ*: your walls/your fortifications/your ramparts
• *negdî*: before me/in my sight/in front of me
• *tāmîḏ*: continually/always/perpetually

Referenced Verses

• Exod 13:9 : 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
• Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about{H8798)} Zion, and go round about{H8685)} her: tell{H8798)} the towers thereof. 13 Mark{H8798)} ye well her bulwarks, consider{H8761)} her palaces; that ye may tell{H8762)} it to the generation following.
• Isa 60:18 : 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
• Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• Hag 2:23 : 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 21:10-21 : 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
• Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
• Isa 26:1 : 1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• Isa 54:12 : 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
• Jer 22:24 : 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;