Isaiah 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”

Isaiah 1:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 1:2112 words

HebrewMeaning

אֵיכָה֙ʾēykāh

howparticleH349

what

הָיְתָ֣הhāyətāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לְ/זוֹנָ֔הləzwōnāh

commit fornicationpronH2181

continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···

קִרְיָ֖הqirəyāh

citynounH7151

נֶאֱמָנָ֑הneʾĕmānāh

henceverbH539

assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···

מְלֵאֲתִ֣יməlēʾătiy

fruitadjH4395

fulness

מִשְׁפָּ֗טmišəpāṭ

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

צֶ֛דֶקṣedeq

justnounH6664

even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)

יָלִ֥יןyāliyn

abideverbH3885

continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···

בָּ֖/הּbāh

pron

וְ/עַתָּ֥הwəʿatāh

henceforthconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

מְרַצְּחִֽיםməraṣəḥiym

put to deathverbH7523

kill · slay · murder

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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