Isaiah 48:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”

Isaiah 48:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 48:49 words

HebrewMeaning

מִ/דַּעְתִּ֕/יmidaʿətiy

cunningpronH1847

norantly · know · awares

כִּ֥יkiy

thatconjH3588

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

קָשֶׁ֖הqāšeh

were stubbornadjH7186

cruel · grievous · hard · thing) ···

אָ֑תָּהʾātāh

youprepH859

thou · ye · you

וְ/גִ֤ידwəgiyd

and was a sinew ofconjH1517

בַּרְזֶל֙barəzel

ironnounH1270

iron

עָרְפֶּ֔/ךָʿārəpekā

neck yournounH6203

וּ/מִצְחֲ/ךָ֖wmiṣəḥăkā

and forehead yourconjH4696

forehead · impudent

נְחוּשָֽׁהnəḥwšāh

was bronzenounH5154

steel. Compare

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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