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Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? (KJV)

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הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔םhaf.ke.Khemperversity your

Lemma: הֹפֶךְ (ho.phekh) · Strong's: H2017

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: perversity

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2017; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 1

אִם\־'im-<if>?

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: surely no

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 2

כְּחֹ֥מֶרke.Cho.merlike [the] clay of

Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: clay

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Job 13:12, Job 27:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2563A; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 3

הַיֹּצֵ֖רhai.yo.Tzerthe potter

Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3335H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: to form: potter

Used 18 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:28, 1 Chronicles 4:23, Psalms 2:9, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 64:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3335H; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 4

יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑בye.cha.Shevwill he be regarded

Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to devise: think

Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 5

כִּֽי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 6

יֹאמַ֨רyo.Marit will say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 7

מַעֲשֶׂ֤הma.'a.Seha thing made

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: deed: work

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 8

לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙le.'o.Se.huto [the] [one who] made it

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 9

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 10

עָשָׂ֔נִי'a.Sa.nihe made me

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 11

וְיֵ֛צֶרve.Ye.tzerand a pot

Lemma: יֵ֫צֶר (ye.tser) · Strong's: H3336

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: intention

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Deuteronomy 31:21, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:18, Psalms 103:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3336; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 12

אָמַ֥ר'a.Marit said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 13

לְיוֹצְר֖וֹle.yotz.Roto potter its

Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3335G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: to form: formed

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:19, Psalms 33:15, Psalms 74:17, Psalms 94:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3335G; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 14

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 15

הֵבִֽין\׃he.Vinhe has understood

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)

Meaning: to understand

Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Isaiah 29:16 word 16

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You have turned things upside down	→	הֹפֶךְ H2017 perversity
as if	→	אִם H0518H if: surely no
the potter	→	יָצַר H3335H to form: potter
were regarded	→	חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think
as clay	→	חֹ֫מֶר H2563A clay
Shall	→	כִּי H3588A for
what is formed	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work
say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to him who formed it	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
He did not	→	לֹא H3808 not
make me	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
Can the pottery	→	יֵ֫צֶר H3336 intention
say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
of the potter	→	יָצַר H3335H to form: potter
He has no	→	לֹא H3808 not
understanding	→	בִּין H0995 to understand

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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