Isaiah 44:12
The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַעֲצָדmaʻătsâdan axe
- מַקָּבָהmaqqâbâhproperly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
- פֶּחָםpechâma coal, whether charred or live
- רָעֵבrâʻêbhungry (more or less intensely)
- אַיִןʼayina non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- חָרָשׁchârâsha fabricator or any material
- פָּעַלpâʻalto do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
- יָצַרyâtsarto mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resol
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 41:6–7, Isa 40:19, Isa 46:6–7, Exo 32:8, Jer 10:3–11, Hab 2:13, Exo 32:4