Isaiah 19:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

King James Bible
Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Hebrew
There is
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

nothing
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

Egypt
לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (lə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

can do—
יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

head
רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

or tail,
וְזָנָ֖ב (wə·zā·nāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump

palm
כִּפָּ֥ה (kip·pāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3712: A branch, frond (of a palm tree)

or reed.
וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃ (wə·’aḡ·mō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 100: A bulrush, a rope of bulrushes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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