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Habakkuk 2:18

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For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.	What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?	Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What profiteth^H3276 the graven image^H6459 that the maker^H3335 thereof hath graven^H6458 it; the molten image^H4541, and a teacher^H3384 of lies^H8267, that the maker^H3335 of his work^H3336 trusteth^H982 therein, to make^H6213 dumb^H483 idols^H457?

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Original Hebrew

מָה־הֹועִיל פֶּסֶל כִּי פְסָלֹו יֹצְרֹו מַסֵּכָה וּמֹורֶה שָּׁקֶר כִּי בָטַח יֹצֵר יִצְרֹו עָלָיו לַעֲשֹׂות אֱלִילִים אִלְּמִים׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מָֽה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
הוֹעִ֣יל	ho.'Il	H3276	HVhp3ms	does it profit
פֶּ֗סֶל	Pe.sel	H6459	HNcmsa	a carved image
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	that
פְסָל/וֹ֙	fe.sa.L/o	H6458	HVqp3ms/Sp3ms	he has carved/ it
יֹֽצְר֔/וֹ	yo.tze.R/o	H3336	HVqrmsc/Sp3ms	(one who) formed/ it
מַסֵּכָ֖ה	ma.se.Khah	H4541	HNcfsa	a molten image
וּ/מ֣וֹרֶה	u./Mo.reh	H3384	HC/Vhrmsa	and/ (one which) teaches
שָּׁ֑קֶר	Sha.ker	H8267	HNcmsa	falsehood
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
בָטַ֞ח	va.Tach	H982	HVqp3ms	he relies
יֹצֵ֤ר	yo.Tzer	H3335	HVqrmsa	(one who) formed
יִצְר/וֹ֙	yitz.R/o	H3336	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	form/ his
עָלָ֔י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ it
לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת	la./'a.Sot	H6213	HR/Vqc	to/ make
אֱלִילִ֥ים	'e.li.Lim	H457	HNcmpa	idols
אִלְּמִֽים	'i.le.Mim	H483	HAampa	dumb

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H457 — אֱלִיל (ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'): apparently from אַל; good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol; idol, no value, thing of nought.
• H483 — אִלֵּם (ʼillêm, il-lame'): from אָלַם; speechless; dumb (man).
• H982 — בָּטַח (bâṭach, baw-takh'): a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as חָסָה); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure; be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
• H3276 — יַעַל (yaʻal, yaw-al'): a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited); [idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
• H3335 — יָצַר (yâtsar, yaw-tsar'): probably identical with יָצַר (through the squeezing into shape); (compare יַצַע); to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution); [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
• H3336 — יֵצֶר (yêtser, yay'-tser): from יָצַר; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose); frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
• H3384 — יָרָה (yârâh, yaw-raw'): or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach; ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
• H4541 — מַסֵּכָה (maççêkâh, mas-say-kaw'): from נָסַךְ; properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out); covering, molten (image), vail.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6458 — פָּסַל (pâçal, paw-sal'): a primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone; grave, hew.
• H6459 — פֶּסֶל (peçel, peh'-sel): lemma פֶסֶל missing dagesh, corrected to פֶּסֶל; from פָּסַל; an idol; carved (graven) image.
• H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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