Isaiah 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;”

Isaiah 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 20:316 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

הָלַ֛ךְhālakə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

עַבְדִּ֥/יʿabədiy

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּyəšaʿəyāhw

IsaiahnounH3470

Jesaiah · Jeshaiah

עָר֣וֹםʿārwōm

nakedadjH6174

וְ/יָחֵ֑ףwəyāḥēp

barefootconjH3182

being unshod

שָׁלֹ֤שׁšālōš

thirdadjH7969

fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···

שָׁנִים֙šāniym

yearnounH8141

whole age · long · old

א֣וֹתʾwōt

marknounH226

miracle · sign · token

וּ/מוֹפֵ֔תwmwōpēt

miracleconjH4159

sign · wonder

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מִצְרַ֖יִםmiṣərayim

EgyptnounH4714

Egyptians · Mizraim

וְ/עַלwəʿal

aboveconjH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כּֽוּשׁkwš

ChushnounH3568

Cush · Ethiopia

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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