“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 18:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 18:229 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/שֹּׁלֵ֨חַhašōlēḥa
which sendsparticleH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
בַּ/יָּ֜םbayām
on the seapronH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
צִירִ֗יםṣiyriym
envoysnounH6735
hinge · messenger · pain · pang ···
וּ/בִ/כְלֵיwbikəlēy
and in vessels ofconjH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
גֹמֶא֮gōmeʾ
papyrusnounH1573
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵיpənēy
the surface ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
מַיִם֒mayim
the watersnounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
לְכ֣וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
מַלְאָכִ֣יםmaləʾākiym
O messengersnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
קַלִּ֗יםqaliym
swiftadjH7031
swift
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גּוֹי֙gwōy
a nationnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְməmušākə
tallverbH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
וּ/מוֹרָ֔טwmwōrāṭ
peeledconjH4178
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עַ֥םʿam
a peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
נוֹרָ֖אnwōrāʾ
fearedverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וָ/הָ֑לְאָהwāhāləʾāh
and beyondconjH1973
beyond · (hence · -) forward · hitherto ···
גּ֚וֹיgwōy
a nation ofnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
קַוqaw
strength ofnounH6978
קָ֣וqāw
strengthnounH6978
וּ/מְבוּסָ֔הwməbwsāh
and tramplingconjH4001
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בָּזְא֥וּbāzəʾw
they divideverbH958
נְהָרִ֖יםnəhāriym
riversnounH5104
river
אַרְצֽ/וֹʾarəṣwō
land itsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
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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