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Isaiah 31:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.


Isaiah 31:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 31:816 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נָפַ֤לwənāpal
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
אַשּׁוּר֙ʾašwr
AsshurnounH804
Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See
בְּ/חֶ֣רֶבbəḥereb
axepronH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִ֔ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/חֶ֥רֶבwəḥereb
axeconjH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָדָ֖םʾādām
man (meannounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑/נּוּtōʾkălenw
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/נָ֥סwənās
awayconjH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
מִ/פְּנֵיmipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
חֶ֔רֶבḥereb
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
וּ/בַחוּרָ֖י/וwbaḥwrāyw
youngconjH970
chosen · hole
לָ/מַ֥סlāmas
discomfitedpronH4522
levy · task · tribute
יִהְיֽוּyihəyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
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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