Isaiah 44:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

King James Bible
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Hebrew
The blacksmith
חָרַ֤שׁ (ḥā·raš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2796: A fabricator, any material

takes a tool
מַֽעֲצָ֔ד (ma·‘ă·ṣāḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4621: An axe

and labors
וּפָעַל֙ (ū·p̄ā·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise

over the coals;
בַּפֶּחָ֔ם (bap·pe·ḥām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6352: A coal

he fashions [an idol]
יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ (yiṣ·ṣə·rê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

with hammers
וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת (ū·ḇam·maq·qā·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4717: A perforatrix, a hammer

and forges [it]
וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ (way·yip̄·‘ā·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise

with his strong
כֹּח֔וֹ (kō·ḥōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

arms.
בִּזְר֣וֹעַ (biz·rō·w·a‘)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

Yet
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

he grows hungry
רָעֵב֙ (rā·‘êḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7456: To be hungry

and his strength
כֹּ֔חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

fails;
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

he fails
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to drink
שָׁ֥תָה (šā·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and grows faint.
וַיִּיעָֽף׃ (way·yî·‘āp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3286: To be weary, faint

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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