Isaiah 40:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

Isaiah 40:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 40:310 words

HebrewMeaning

ק֣וֹלqwōl

bleatingnounH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

קוֹרֵ֔אqwōrēʾ

bewrayverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֕רbamidəbār

desertpronH4057

south · speech · wilderness

פַּנּ֖וּpanw

appearverbH6437

at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···

דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

יַשְּׁרוּ֙yašərw

directverbH3474

fit · seem good · please · be (esteem ···

בָּ/עֲרָבָ֔הbāʿărābāh

ArabahpronH6160

champaign · desert · evening · heaven ···

מְסִלָּ֖הməsilāh

causewaynounH4546

course · highway · path · terrace

לֵ/אלֹהֵֽי/נוּlēʾlōhēynw

GodpronH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

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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