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Habakkuk 2:19

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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.	But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Woe^H1945 unto him that saith^H559 to the wood^H6086, Awake^H6974; to the dumb^H1748 stone^H68, Arise^H5782, it shall teach^H3384! Behold, it is laid^H8610 over with gold^H2091 and silver^H3701, and there is no breath^H7307 at all in the midst^H7130 of it.

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Original Hebrew

הֹוי אֹמֵר לָעֵץ הָקִיצָה עוּרִי לְאֶבֶן דּוּמָם הוּא יֹורֶה הִנֵּה־הוּא תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וְכָל־רוּחַ אֵין בְּקִרְבֹּו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ה֣וֹי	Ho	H1945	HTj	woe to!
אֹמֵ֤ר	'o.Mer	H559	HVqrmsa	(one who) says
לָ/עֵץ֙	la./'Etz	H6086	HRd/Ncmsa	to (the)/ wood
הָקִ֔יצָ/ה	ha.Ki.tza/h	H6974	HVhv2ms/Sh	wake up/ !
ע֖וּרִי	'U.ri	H5782	HVqv2fs	awake
לְ/אֶ֣בֶן	le./'E.ven	H68	HR/Ncfsc	to/ a stone of
דּוּמָ֑ם	du.Mam	H1748	HNcmsa	silence
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
יוֹרֶ֔ה	yo.Reh	H3384	HVhi3ms	will it teach?
הִנֵּה	hi.neh-	H2009	HTm	there!
ה֗וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
תָּפוּשׂ֙	ta.Fus	H8610	HVqsmsa	(is) sheathed
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	H2091	HNcmsa	gold
וָ/כֶ֔סֶף	va./Khe.sef	H3701	HC/Ncmsa	and/ silver
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ any
ר֖וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsa	breath
אֵ֥ין	'ein	H369	HTn	not
בְּ/קִרְבּֽ/וֹ	be./kir.B/o	H7130	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	(is) (in)/ within/ it

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

Strong's References

• H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1748 — דּוּמָם (dûwmâm, doo-mawm'): from דָּמַם; still; adverbially, silently; dumb, silent, quietly wait.
• H1945 — הוֹי (hôwy, hoh'ee): a prolonged form of הוֹ (akin to אוֹי); oh!; ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• 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.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H5782 — עוּר (ʻûwr, oor): a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively); (a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6974 — קוּץ (qûwts, koots): a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare יָקַץ)); to awake (literally or figuratively); arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
• H7130 — קֶרֶב (qereb, keh'-reb): from קָרַב; properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition); [idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] within self.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H8610 — תָּפַשׂ (tâphas, taw-fas'): a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably; catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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