“Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.”
Isaiah 23:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 23:417 words
HebrewMeaning
בּ֣וֹשִׁיbwōšiy
be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
צִיד֔וֹןṣiydwōn
O SidonnounH6721
Zidon
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
it has saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יָ֔םyām
the seanounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
מָע֥וֹזmāʿwōz
the stronghold ofnounH4581
fort · rock · strength · strong
הַ/יָּ֖םhayām
the seaparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חַ֣לְתִּיḥalətiy
I have been in laborverbH2342
bring forth · calve · dance · drive away ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָלַ֗דְתִּיyāladətiy
I have given birthverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
גִדַּ֛לְתִּיgidalətiy
I have brought upverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
בַּחוּרִ֖יםbaḥwriym
young mennounH970
chosen · hole
רוֹמַ֥מְתִּיrwōmamətiy
I have raisedverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
בְתוּלֽוֹתbətwlwōt
young womennounH1330
virgin
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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