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Isaiah 10:15
“Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6286 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
- Derivation
- a primitive root; also denominative from H6288 (פְּאֹרָה),
- KJV renderings
- beautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self.
- Grammar
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- יִתְפָּאֵר֙ — verb Hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 8:5Deuteronomy 24:20Judges 7:2Ezra 7:27Psalms 149:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּאַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.