Isaiah 42:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.”

Isaiah 42:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 42:149 words

HebrewMeaning

הֶחֱשֵׁ֨יתִי֙heḥĕšēytiy

hold peaceverbH2814

keep silence · be silent · still

מֵֽ/עוֹלָ֔םmēʿwōlām

alwaypronH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

אַחֲרִ֖ישׁʾaḥăriyš

ceaseverbH2790

altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···

אֶתְאַפָּ֑קʾetəʾapāq

forceverbH662

restrain

כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָ֣הkaywōlēdāh

bearpronH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

אֶפְעֶ֔הʾepəʿeh

cryverbH6463

אֶשֹּׁ֥םʾešōm

destroyverbH5395

וְ/אֶשְׁאַ֖ףwəʾešəʾap

desireconjH7602

devour · haste · pant · snuff up ···

יָֽחַדyāḥad

alikenounH3162

at all · both · likewise · only ···

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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