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Isaiah 28:20 — King James Version← Study notes

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.


Isaiah 28:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 28:207 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קָצַ֥רqāṣar
it is too shortverbH7114
at all · much discouraged · grieve · harvestman ···
הַ/מַּצָּ֖עhamaṣāʿ
the bedparticleH4702
מֵֽ/הִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַmēhiśətārēʿa
for stretching oneselfpronH8311
superfluous thing
וְ/הַ/מַּסֵּכָ֥הwəhamasēkāh
and the blanketconjH4541
molten · vail
צָ֖רָהṣārāh
it is narrowverbH6887
afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···
כְּ/הִתְכַּנֵּֽסkəhitəkanēs
when wraps oneself uppronH3664
heap up · wrap self
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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