“Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.”
Isaiah 23:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 23:1612 words
HebrewMeaning
קְחִ֥יqəḥiy
takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
כִנּ֛וֹרkinwōr
a harpnounH3658
סֹ֥בִּיsōbiy
go aroundverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
עִ֖ירʿiyr
the citynounH5892
city · court · town
זוֹנָ֣הzwōnāh
O prostituteverbH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
נִשְׁכָּחָ֑הnišəkāḥāh
forgottenverbH7911
at all
הֵיטִ֤יבִיhēyṭiybiy
do wellverbH3190
amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···
נַגֵּן֙nagēn
to playverbH5059
sing to the stringed instruments · melody · ministrel · play(-er ···
הַרְבִּיharəbiy
multiplyverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
שִׁ֔ירšiyr
songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
תִּזָּכֵֽרִיtizākēriy
you may be rememberedverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
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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