Isaiah 31:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.”

Isaiah 31:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 31:512 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּ/צִפֳּרִ֣יםkəṣipŏriym

birdpronH6833

fowl · sparrow

עָפ֔וֹתʿāpwōt

brandishverbH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

כֵּ֗ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

יָגֵ֛ןyāgēn

defendverbH1598

יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

צְבָא֖וֹתṣəbāʾwōt

appointed timenounH6635

army · battle · company · host ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םyərwšālāim

JerusalemnounH3389

גָּנ֥וֹןgānwōn

defendverbH1598

וְ/הִצִּ֖ילwəhiṣiyl

defendconjH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

פָּסֹ֥חַpāsōḥa

haltverbH6452

become lame · leap · pass over

וְ/הִמְלִֽיטwəhiməliyṭ

deliverconjH4422

escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···

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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