Isaiah 19:15
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
זָנָב
zânâb
the tail (literally or figuratively)
גֹּמֶא
gômeʼ
properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus
Key Terms in This Verse
גֹּמֶא gômeʼ
properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus
Study H1573 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon catt...
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and ther...
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
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