Isaiah 49:16

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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.	Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.	Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have graven^H2710 thee upon the palms of my hands^H3709; thy walls^H2346 are continually^H8548 before me.

Original Hebrew

הֵן עַל־כַּפַּיִם חַקֹּתִיךְ חֹומֹתַיִךְ נֶגְדִּי תָּמִיד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֵ֥ן	hen	H2005	HTm	here!
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
כַּפַּ֖יִם	ka.Pa.yim	H3709	HNcfda	palms of hands
חַקֹּתִ֑י/ךְ	cha.ko.Ti/kh	H2710	HVqp1cs/Sp2fs	I have inscribed/ you
חוֹמֹתַ֥יִ/ךְ	cho.mo.Ta.yi/kh	H2346	HNcfpc/Sp2fs	walls/ your
נֶגְדִּ֖/י	neg.D/i	H5048	HR/Sp1cs	(are) before/ me
תָּמִֽיד	ta.Mid	H8548	HNcmsa	continually

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

Strong's References

H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
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.
H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
H8548 — תָּמִיד (tâmîyd, taw-meed'): from an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice; alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, (n-)ever(-more), perpetual.

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

H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
H5048 — נֶגֶד (neged, neh'-ghed): from נָגַד; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before; about, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.
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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Related Topics

Thompson Chain: MEMORY-OBLIVION
Torrey’s: ARTS OF THE, BREASTPLATE, HANDS, THE, JEWS, THE
Nave’s: CHURCH, GOD, ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, JESUS, THE CHRIST

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