“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.”
Isaiah 49:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 49:2320 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָי֨וּwəhāyw
and they will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מְלָכִ֜יםməlākiym
kingsnounH4428
royal
אֹֽמְנַ֗יִ/ךְʾōmənayikə
foster-fathers yourverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
וְ/שָׂרֽוֹתֵי/הֶם֙wəśārwōtēyhem
and princesses theirconjH8282
princess · queen
מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִ/ךְmēyniyqōtayikə
suckling-nurses yourverbH3243
nurse · (give · make to) suck(-ing child · -ling)
אַפַּ֗יִםʾapayim
facesnounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
אֶ֚רֶץʾereṣ
groundnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּyišətaḥăww
they will bow downverbH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
לָ֔/ךְlākə
pron
וַ/עֲפַ֥רwaʿăpar
and the dust ofconjH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
רַגְלַ֖יִ/ךְragəlayikə
feet yournounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
יְלַחֵ֑כוּyəlaḥēkw
they will lick upverbH3897
וְ/יָדַ֨עַתְּ֙wəyādaʿatə
and you will knowconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
am YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵבֹ֖שׁוּyēbōšw
they will be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
קוָֹֽ/יqwōāy
those who wait for meverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
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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