Isaiah 22:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
מִשְׁכָּן
a dwelling
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מִשְׁכָּן
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
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חָקַק
cutting
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חָקַק
To engrave, to inscribe, to cut in. Chaqaq. I have engraved you on the palms of My hands. Not written in pencil. Engraved. Permanent. You cannot be erased.
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מָרוֹם
high place
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מָרוֹם
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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חָצַב
digging out
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חָצַב
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
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פֹּה
here
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פֹּה
this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence
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קֶבֶר
a tomb
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קֶבֶר
a sepulchre
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