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Isaiah 22:16

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Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, [even] unto Shebna, which [is] over the house, [and say],	What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?	Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out^H2672 a sepulchre^H6913 here^H6311, as he that heweth him out^H2672 a sepulchre^H6913 on high^H4791, and that graveth^H2710 an habitation^H4908 for himself in a rock^H5553?

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Original Hebrew

מַה־לְּךָ פֹה וּמִי לְךָ פֹה כִּי־חָצַבְתָּ לְּךָ פֹּה קָבֶר חֹצְבִי מָרֹום קִבְרֹו חֹקְקִי בַסֶּלַע מִשְׁכָּן לֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
לְּ/ךָ֥	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	(belongs) to/ you
פֹה֙	foh	H6311	HD	here
וּ/מִ֣י	u./Mi	H4310	HC/Ti	and/ who?
לְ/ךָ֣	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	(belongs) to/ you
פֹ֔ה	Foh	H6311	HD	here
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
חָצַ֧בְתָּ	cha.Tzav.ta	H2672	HVqp2ms	you have dug out
לְּ/ךָ֛	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	for/ yourself
פֹּ֖ה	poh	H6311	HD	here
קָ֑בֶר	Ka.ver	H6913	HNcmsa	a tomb
חֹצְבִ֤י	cho.tze.Vi	H2672	HVqrmsc	digging out
מָרוֹם֙	ma.rOm	H4791	HNcmsa	high place
קִבְר֔/וֹ	kiv.R/o	H6913	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	tomb/ his
חֹקְקִ֥י	cho.ke.Ki	H2710	HVqrmsc	cutting
בַ/סֶּ֖לַע	va./Se.la'	H5553	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ rock
מִשְׁכָּ֥ן	mish.Kan	H4908	HNcmsa	a dwelling
לֽ/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	for (the)/ himself

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

Strong's References

• H2672 — חָצַב (châtsab, khaw-tsab'): or חָצֵב; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave; cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
• H2710 — חָקַק (châqaq, khaw-kak'): a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe; appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
• H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
• H4908 — מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân, mish-kawn'): from שָׁכַן; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls); dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
• H5553 — סֶלַע (çelaʻ, seh'-lah): from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress); (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
• H6311 — פֹּה (pôh, po): or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and הוּא; this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence; here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.
• H6913 — קֶבֶר (qeber, keh'-ber): or (feminine) קִבְרָה; from קָבַר; a sepulchre; burying place, grave, sepulchre.

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.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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