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Isaiah 18:2 — King James Version← Study notes

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!


Isaiah 18:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 18:229 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/שֹּׁלֵ֨חַhašōlēḥa
appointparticleH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
בַּ/יָּ֜םbayām
sea ( -faring manpronH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
צִירִ֗יםṣiyriym
ambassadornounH6735
hinge · messenger · pain · pang ···
וּ/בִ/כְלֵיwbikəlēy
armourconjH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
גֹמֶא֮gōmeʾ
rushnounH1573
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵיpənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
מַיִם֒mayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
לְכ֣וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
מַלְאָכִ֣יםmaləʾākiym
ambassadornounH4397
angel · king · messenger
קַלִּ֗יםqaliym
lightadjH7031
swift
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גּוֹי֙gwōy
GentilenounH1471
heathen · nation · people
מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְməmušākə
draw (alongverbH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
וּ/מוֹרָ֔טwmwōrāṭ
peeledconjH4178
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עַ֥םʿam
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
נוֹרָ֖אnwōrāʾ
affrightverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וָ/הָ֑לְאָהwāhāləʾāh
backconjH1973
beyond · (hence · -) forward · hitherto ···
גּ֚וֹיgwōy
GentilenounH1471
heathen · nation · people
קַוqaw
meted outnounH6978
קָ֣וqāw
meted outnounH6978
וּ/מְבוּסָ֔הwməbwsāh
treading downconjH4001
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בָּזְא֥וּbāzəʾw
spoilverbH958
נְהָרִ֖יםnəhāriym
floodnounH5104
river
אַרְצֽ/וֹʾarəṣwō
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words 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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