“Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.”
Isaiah 23:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 23:1317 words
HebrewMeaning
הֵ֣ןhēn
there!particleH2005
if · lo · though
אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ
the land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkaśədiym
the ChaldeansnounH3778
Chaldees · inhabitants of Chaldea
זֶ֤הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הָ/עָם֙hāʿām
is the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
לֹ֣אlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָיָ֔הhāyāh
it wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אַשּׁ֖וּרʾašwr
AssyrianounH804
Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See
יְסָדָ֣/הּyəsādāh
it allocated itverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
לְ/צִיִּ֑יםləṣiyiym
to desert-dwellerspronH6728
that dwell in the wilderness
הֵקִ֣ימוּhēqiymw
they raised upverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
בחיני/וbḥynyw
towernounH971
בַחוּנָ֗י/וbaḥwnāyw
towernounH971
עֹרְרוּ֙ʿōrərw
they stripped bareverbH6209
break · raise up · utterly
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔י/הָʾarəmənwōteyhā
palaces itsnounH759
palace. Compare
שָׂמָ֖/הּśāmāh
it made itverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
לְ/מַפֵּלָֽהləmapēlāh
a ruinpronH4654
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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