Isaiah 5:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”

Isaiah 5:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 5:188 words

HebrewMeaning

ה֛וֹיhwōy

ahparticleH1945

alas · ho · O · woe

מֹשְׁכֵ֥יmōšəkēy

draw (alongverbH4900

out) · continue · defer · extend ···

הֶֽ/עָוֺ֖ןheʿāwōn

faultparticleH5771

iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin

בְּ/חַבְלֵ֣יbəḥabəlēy

bandpronH2256

coast · company · cord · country ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑וְאhašāwəʾ

falseparticleH7723

lie · lying · vain · vanity

וְ/כַ/עֲב֥וֹתwəkaʿăbwōt

bandconjH5688

cord · rope · thick bough · wreathen

הָ/עֲגָלָ֖הhāʿăgālāh

cartparticleH5699

chariot · wagon

חַטָּאָֽהḥaṭāʾāh

punishmentnounH2403

purifying · sin(-ner · offering)

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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