Isaiah 52:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.”

Isaiah 52:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 52:414 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

כֹ֤הkōh

alsoadvH3541

here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···

אָמַר֙ʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֲדֹנָ֣/יʾădōnāy

LordnounH136

יְהוִ֔הyəhwih

GodnounH3069

מִצְרַ֛יִםmiṣərayim

EgyptnounH4714

Egyptians · Mizraim

יָֽרַדyārad

bring downverbH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

עַמִּ֥/יʿamiy

peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

בָ/רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖הbāriʾšōnāh

ancestorpronH7223

before · beginning · eldest · first ···

לָ/ג֣וּרlāgwr

abidepronH1481

assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···

שָׁ֑םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

וְ/אַשּׁ֖וּרwəʾašwr

AsshurconjH804

Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See

בְּ/אֶ֥פֶסbəʾepes

anklepronH657

but · end · howbeit · less than nothing ···

עֲשָׁקֽ/וֹʿăšāqwō

get deceitfullyverbH6231

deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···

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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