Isaiah 22:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Whatמַה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
right do you have here,פֹה֙
(foh)
6311: here, hithera prim. adverb
And whomוּמִ֣י
(u·mi)
4310: who?a prim. pronoun
do you have here,פֹ֔ה
(foh,)
6311: here, hithera prim. adverb
That you have hewnחָצַ֧בְתָּ
(cha·tzav·ta)
2672: to hew, hew out, cleavea prim. root
a tombקָ֑בֶר
(ka·ver;)
6913: a grave, sepulcherfrom qabar
for yourself here,פֹּ֖ה
(poh)
6311: here, hithera prim. adverb
You who hewחֹצְבִ֤י
(cho·tze·vi)
2672: to hew, hew out, cleavea prim. root
a tombקִבְרֹ֔ו
(kiv·rov,)
6913: a grave, sepulcherfrom qabar
on the height,מָרֹום֙
(ma·ro·vm)
4791: heightfrom rum
You who carveחֹקְקִ֥י
(cho·ke·ki)
2710: to cut in, inscribe, decreea prim. root
a resting placeמִשְׁכָּ֥ן
(mish·kan)
4908: dwelling place, tabernaclefrom shakan
for yourself in the rock?בַסֶּ֖לַע
(vas·se·la)
5553: a crag, clifffrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
What hast thou here and whom hast thou here that thou hast hewed thee out
chatsab  (khaw-tsab')
to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave -- cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
a sepulchre
qeber,  (keh'-ber)
a sepulchre -- burying place, grave, sepulchre.
here
poh  (po)
this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence -- here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.
as he that heweth him out
chatsab  (khaw-tsab')
to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave -- cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
a sepulchre
qeber,  (keh'-ber)
a sepulchre -- burying place, grave, sepulchre.
on high
marowm  (maw-rome')
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
and that graveth
chaqaq  (khaw-kak')
to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
an habitation
mishkan  (mish-kawn')
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
for himself in a rock
cela`  (seh'-lah)
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) -- (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?

International Standard Version
What are you doing here, and who are your relatives here that you could carve out a grave for yourself here—cutting out a tomb at the choicest location, chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock?

NET Bible
What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"What are you doing here? What right do you have to dig a tomb for yourself? What right do you have to cut it out in a prominent place? What right do you have to carve out a resting place for yourself in the rock?

King James 2000 Bible
What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
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