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Isaiah 40:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.


Isaiah 40:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 40:1511 words
HebrewMeaning
הֵ֤ןhēn
beholdparticleH2005
if · lo · though
גּוֹיִם֙gwōyim
GentilenounH1471
heathen · nation · people
כְּ/מַ֣רkəmar
droppronH4752
מִ/דְּלִ֔יmidəliy
bucketpronH1805
וּ/כְ/שַׁ֥חַקwkəšaḥaq
cloudconjH7834
small dust · heaven · sky
מֹאזְנַ֖יִםmōʾzənayim
balancesnounH3976
נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּneḥəšābw
accountverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
הֵ֥ןhēn
beholdparticleH2005
if · lo · though
אִיִּ֖יםʾiyiym
countrynounH339
isle · island
כַּ/דַּ֥קkadaq
dwarfpronH1851
lean · very little thing · small · thin
יִטּֽוֹלyiṭwōl
bearverbH5190
offer · take up
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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