Habakkuk 2:19

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

הוֹי

hôwy

H1945

oh!

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unto him that

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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to the

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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עוּר

ʻûwr

H5782

to wake (literally or figuratively)

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to the

אִלֵּם

ʼillêm

H483

speechless

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אֶבֶן

ʼeben

H68

a stone

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קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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it shall

לָמַד

lâmad

H3925

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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it is

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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over with

זָהָב

zâhâb

H2091

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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and

כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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and there is no

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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at all in the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of it

Key Terms in This Verse

dumb H483

אִלֵּם ʼillêm

speechless

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Awake H5782

עוּר ʻûwr

to wake (literally or figuratively)

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breath H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

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...

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Woe H1945

הוֹי hôwy

oh!

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teach H3925

לָמַד lâmad

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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wood H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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Arise H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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stone H68

אֶבֶן ʼeben

a stone

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laid H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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silver H3701

כֶּסֶף keçeph

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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Cross References

Psalm 135:17 cross-reference

They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Jeremiah 10:4 cross-reference

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Jeremiah 10:9 cross-reference

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m...

Daniel 5:23 cross-reference

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and ...

Jeremiah 51:47 cross-reference

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

Psalm 97:7 cross-reference

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Daniel 3:29 cross-reference

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be ma...

Acts 17:29 cross-reference

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

Revelation 17:4 cross-reference

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

Daniel 3:7 cross-reference

Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshi...

Jeremiah 10:14 cross-reference

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Daniel 3:18 cross-reference

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Isaiah 46:6 cross-reference

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Isaiah 44:17 cross-reference

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Daniel 3:1 cross-reference

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Isaiah 40:19 cross-reference

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Jonah 1:5 cross-reference

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship;...

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