Isaiah 44:14
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
גָּבַר
gâbar
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
כּוּל
kûwl
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Study H1265 →נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →כּוּל kûwl
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Study H3557 →גָּבַר gâbar
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
Study H1396 →יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →Cross References
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
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.
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