Isaiah 49:16

“Look, on the palms of my hands I have engraved you; your walls are before me continually.”

Isaiah 49:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zion says God has forgotten her; he answers that he will not forget her, and has engraved her on his palmsLoneliness

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Isaiah 49:16, word by word

on the palmsכַּפַּיִםkapayim

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

Where else “kapayim” appears
I have engraved youחַקֹּתִיchakoti

engrave

To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.

Where else “chakoti” appears
your wallsחוֹמֹתַיִchomotayi

wall

Wall, city wall.

Where else “chomotayi” appears
are before meנֶגְדִּnegdi

in front of

In someone's presence, before his eyes.

Where else “negdi” appears
continuallyתָּמִידtamid

continually

Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.

Where else “tamid” appears

The context

15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, so as not to have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

16 · This verse (above)

17Your children hurry; those who tear you down and those who lay you waste will go out from you.

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