“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
Isaiah 1:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 1:2317 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׂרַ֣יִ/ךְśārayikə
leaders yournounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
סוֹרְרִ֗יםswōrəriym
are rebelsverbH5637
away · rebellious · revolter · slide back ···
וְ/חַבְרֵי֙wəḥabərēy
and companions ofconjH2270
fellow · knit together
גַּנָּבִ֔יםganābiym
thievesnounH1590
כֻּלּ/וֹ֙kulwō
all of itnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֹהֵ֣בʾōhēb
is lovingverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
שֹׁ֔חַדšōḥad
a bribenounH7810
gift · present · reward
וְ/רֹדֵ֖ףwərōdēp
and is pursuingconjH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
שַׁלְמֹנִ֑יםšaləmōniym
rewardsnounH8021
יָתוֹם֙yātwōm
the fatherlessnounH3490
orphan
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּyišəpōṭw
they vindicateverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
וְ/רִ֥יבwəriyb
and the lawsuit ofconjH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
אַלְמָנָ֖הʾaləmānāh
a widownounH490
widow
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָב֥וֹאyābwōʾ
it comesverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֲלֵי/הֶֽםʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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