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 28:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 28:207 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

קָצַ֥רqāṣar

cut downverbH7114

at all · much discouraged · grieve · harvestman ···

הַ/מַּצָּ֖עhamaṣāʿ

bedparticleH4702

מֵֽ/הִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַmēhiśətārēʿa

stretch out selfpronH8311

superfluous thing

וְ/הַ/מַּסֵּכָ֥הwəhamasēkāh

coveringconjH4541

molten · vail

צָ֖רָהṣārāh

adversaryverbH6887

afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···

כְּ/הִתְכַּנֵּֽסkəhitəkanēs

gatherpronH3664

heap up · wrap self

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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