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Isaiah 19:11

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And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices [and] ponds for fish.	Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?	Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise [men]? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Surely the princes^H8269 of Zoan^H6814 are fools^H191, the counsel^H6098 of the wise^H2450 counsellors^H3289 of Pharaoh^H6547 is become brutish^H1197: how say^H559 ye unto Pharaoh^H6547, I am the son^H1121 of the wise^H2450, the son^H1121 of ancient^H6924 kings^H4428?

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Original Hebrew

אַךְ־אֱוִלִים שָׂרֵי צֹעַן חַכְמֵי יֹעֲצֵי פַרְעֹה עֵצָה נִבְעָרָה אֵיךְ תֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה בֶּן־חֲכָמִים אֲנִי בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶדֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַךְ	'akh-	H389	HTa	(are) only
אֱוִלִים֙	'e.vi.Lim	H191	HAampa	fools
שָׂ֣רֵי	Sa.rei	H8269	HNcmpc	(the) officials of
צֹ֔עַן	Tzo.'an	H6814	HNp	Zoan
חַכְמֵי֙	chakh.Mei	H2450	HAampc	(the) wise (people) of
יֹעֲצֵ֣י	yo.'a.Tzei	H6098	HVqrmpc	(the) counselors of
פַרְעֹ֔ה	far.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
עֵצָ֖ה	'e.Tzah	H6098	HNcfsa	counsel
נִבְעָרָ֑ה	niv.'a.Rah	H1197	HVNrfsa	foolish
אֵ֚יךְ	'eikh	H349	HTi	how?
תֹּאמְר֣וּ	to.me.Ru	H559	HVqi2mp	will you say
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(am) a son of
חֲכָמִ֥ים	cha.kha.Mim	H2450	HAampa	wise (people)
אֲנִ֖י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	a son of
מַלְכֵי	mal.khei-	H4428	HNcmpc	kings of
קֶֽדֶם	Ke.dem	H6924	HNcmsa	ancient time

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

Strong's References

• H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
• 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.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1197 — בָּעַר (bâʻar, baw-ar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַר; to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish; be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
• H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
• H3289 — יָעַץ (yâʻats, yaw-ats'): a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve; advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6098 — עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H6814 — צֹעַן (Tsôʻan, tso'-an): of Egyptian derivation; Tsoan, a place in Egypt; Zoan.
• H6924 — קֶדֶם (qedem, keh'-dem): or קֵדְמָה; from קָדַם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה.
• H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

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

• H349 — אֵיךְ (ʼêyk, ake): also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from אַי; how? or how!; also where; how, what.
• H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.

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