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The one too poorהַמְסֻכָּןfor a contributionתְּרוּמָהchoosesיִבְחָרwoodעֵץthat will notלֹאrot;יִרְקַבhe seeksיְבַקֶּשׁfor himselfלוֹa skilledחָכָםcraftsmanחָרָשׁto make firmלְהָכִיןa carved imageפֶּסֶלthat will notלֹאtotter.יִמּוֹט
Isaiah 40:20
Study it in the app“The one too poor for a contribution chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to make firm a carved image that will not totter.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:20, word by word
- The one too poorמְסֻכָּןmesukan
destitute
So needy he has almost nothing.
Where else “mesukan” appears- for a contributionתְּרוּמָהteruma
contribution
Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.
Where else “teruma” appears- choosesיִבְחָרyivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivchar” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- rotיִרְקַבyirkav
rot
To rot, to decay; to waste away like wood eaten by worms.
Where else “yirkav” appears- he seeksיְבַקֶּשׁyevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakesh” appears- a skilledחָכָםchacham
skilled
Skilled at a craft.
Where else “chacham” appears- craftsmanחָרָשׁcharash
craftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charash” appears- to make firmהָכִיןhachin
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hachin” appears- a carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- totterיִמּוֹטyimot
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “yimot” appears
The context
19The carved image? A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and chains of silver the goldsmith casts.
20 · This verse (above)
21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?