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Isaiah 28:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.


Isaiah 28:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 28:1618 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ/כֵ֗ןlākēn
-wardpronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
כֹּ֤הkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַר֙ʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲדֹנָ֣/יʾădōnāy
LordnounH136
יְהוִ֔הyəhwih
GodnounH3069
הִנְ/נִ֛יhinəniy
beholdparticleH2005
if · lo · though
יִסַּ֥דyisad
appointverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
בְּ/צִיּ֖וֹןbəṣiywōn
ZionpronH6726
אָ֑בֶןʾāben
(chalk-nounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
אֶ֣בֶןʾeben
(chalk-nounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
בֹּ֜חַןbōḥan
triednounH976
פִּנַּ֤תpinat
bulwarknounH6438
chief · corner · stay · tower
יִקְרַת֙yiqərat
brightnessnounH3368
clear · costly · excellent · fat ···
מוּסָ֣דmwsād
foundationnounH4143
מוּסָּ֔דmwsād
appointverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
הַֽ/מַּאֲמִ֖יןhamaʾămiyn
henceparticleH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָחִֽישׁyāḥiyš
hasteverbH2363
ready
Words 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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