Isaiah 45:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:”

Isaiah 45:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 45:212 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲנִי֙ʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

לְ/פָנֶ֣י/ךָləpāneykā

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

אֵלֵ֔ךְʾēlēkə

awayverbH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

וַ/הֲדוּרִ֖יםwahădwriym

countenanceconjH1921

crooked place · glorious · honour · put forth

אושרʾwšr

directverbH3474

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

אֲיַשֵּׁ֑רʾăyašēr

directverbH3474

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

דַּלְת֤וֹתdalətwōt

doornounH1817

gate · leaf · lid

נְחוּשָׁה֙nəḥwšāh

brassnounH5154

steel. Compare

אֲשַׁבֵּ֔רʾăšabēr

break (downverbH7665

off · in pieces · up) · broken ···

וּ/בְרִיחֵ֥יwbəriyḥēy

barconjH1280

fugitive

בַרְזֶ֖לbarəzel

headnounH1270

iron

אֲגַדֵּֽעַʾăgadēʿa

cut (asunderverbH1438

in sunder · down · off) · hew down

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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