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Isaiah 45:9

“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הוֹיhôwy · hoh'ee
H1945 · Hebrew

Definition: oh!
Derivation: a prolonged form of H1930 (הוֹ) (akin to H188 (אוֹי));
KJV renderings: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Grammar: ה֗וֹי — particle (interjection)
Code HTj
Usage: Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 13:30 Isaiah 1:4 Isaiah 1:24 Isaiah 5:8 Isaiah 5:11

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 הוֹי here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

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.