Isaiah 1:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”

Isaiah 1:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 1:911 words

HebrewMeaning

לוּלֵי֙lwlēy

exceptconjH3884

had not · if · unless · were it not that

יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

צְבָא֔וֹתṣəbāʾwōt

appointed timenounH6635

army · battle · company · host ···

הוֹתִ֥ירhwōtiyr

excelverbH3498

leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···

לָ֛/נוּlānw

pron

שָׂרִ֖ידśāriyd

leftnounH8300

alive · remain · remnant · rest

כִּ/מְעָ֑טkiməʿāṭ

almost (somepronH4592

very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···

כִּ/סְדֹ֣םkisədōm

SodompronH5467

הָיִ֔ינוּhāyiynw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לַ/עֲמֹרָ֖הlaʿămōrāh

GomorrahpronH6017

דָּמִֽינוּdāmiynw

compareverbH1819

devise · like · mean · think ···

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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