Isaiah 40:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.”

Isaiah 40:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 40:712 words

HebrewMeaning

יָבֵ֤שׁyābēš

be ashamedverbH3001

clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···

חָצִיר֙ḥāṣiyr

grassnounH2682

hay · herb · leek

נָ֣בֵֽלnābēl

disgraceverbH5034

dishounour · lightly esteem · fade (away · -ing) ···

צִ֔יץṣiyṣ

blossomnounH6731

flower · plate · wing

כִּ֛יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

ר֥וּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

נָ֣שְׁבָהnāšəbāh

blowverbH5380

drive away

בּ֑/וֹbwō

pron

אָכֵ֥ןʾākēn

butadvH403

certainly · nevertheless · surely · truly ···

חָצִ֖ירḥāṣiyr

grassnounH2682

hay · herb · leek

הָ/עָֽםhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

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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