‘Whatמַהdo you haveלְּךָhere,פֹהand whomוּמִיdo you haveלְךָhere,פֹהthatכִּיyou have hewnחָצַבְתָּfor yourselfלְּךָhereפֹּהa grave?’קָבֶר(hewingחֹצְבִיon highמָרוֹםhis grave,קִבְרוֹcarvingחֹקְקִיin the cragבַסֶּלַעa dwellingמִשְׁכָּןfor himself).לוֹ
Isaiah 22:16
Study it in the app“‘What do you have here, and whom do you have here, that you have hewn for yourself here a grave?’ (hewing on high his grave, carving in the crag a dwelling for himself).”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Isaiah 22:16, word by word
- you have hewnחָצַבְתָּchatsavta
hew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “chatsavta” appears- a grave?’קָבֶרkaver
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kaver” appears- on highמָרוֹםmarom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “marom” appears- carvingחֹקְקִיchokki
engrave
To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.
Where else “chokki” appears- in the cragסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- a dwellingמִשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears
The context
15Thus says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot: “Go, come to that steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:
16 · This verse (above)
17Look, YHWH will hurl you away with a hurling, man, and will wrap you up in a wrapping;