“And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.”
Isaiah 3:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 3:511 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נִגַּ֣שׂwənigaś
and it will oppressconjH5065
driver · exact · oppress · raiser of taxes ···
הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/אִ֖ישׁbəʾiyš
a personpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš
and eachconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּbərēʿēhw
neighbor hispronH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
יִרְהֲב֗וּyirəhăbw
they will act insolentlyverbH7292
behave self proudly · make sure · strengthen
הַ/נַּ֨עַר֙hanaʿar
the youthsparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
בַּ/זָּקֵ֔ןbazāqēn
in the old personpronH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
וְ/הַ/נִּקְלֶ֖הwəhaniqəleh
and the lightly esteemedconjH7034
contemn · despise · lightly esteem · set light ···
בַּ/נִּכְבָּֽדbanikəbād
in the honoredpronH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
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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