מָֽה־הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלוֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ (ס)
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Debug: verse number 14771What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
/mā hōʿī́l pésel kī fᵉsālṓ yōṣᵉrṓ massēxā́ ū mṓre-š-šā́qer kī vāṭáḥ yōṣḗr yiṣrṓ ʿālā́w la ʿăśōt ʾĕlīlī́m ʾillᵉmī́m / ▶
Gloss translation
- mā
- what
- pro?
- hōʿī́l
- profit
- v √hi perf III m sg
- pésel
- idol
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- fᵉsālṓ
- cut
- v √qal perf III m sg + III m sg
- yōṣᵉrṓ
- shape
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- massēxā́
- molten image
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mṓre
- teach
- v √hi part m sg abs
- -š-šā́qer
- lie
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- vāṭáḥ
- trust
- v √qal perf III m sg
- yōṣḗr
- shape
- n √qal part m sg abs
- yiṣrṓ
- form
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- ʿālā́w
- upon
- prep + III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăśōt
- make
- v √qal infcon con
- ʾĕlīlī́m
- god
- n m pl abs
- ʾillᵉmī́m
- speechless
- a m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase undet - mā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hōʿī́l
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - pésel
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kī
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- fᵉsālṓ
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- yōṣᵉrṓ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - massēxā́
- Subject
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ū
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mṓre
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - ššā́qer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kī
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vāṭáḥ
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - yōṣḗr
- Object
Nominal phrase det- yiṣrṓ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- ʿālā́w
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʿăśōt
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - ʾĕlīlī́m ʾillᵉmī́m
- Predicate