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Isaiah 55:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.


Isaiah 55:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 55:216 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִשְׁקְלוּtišəqəlw
payverbH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
כֶ֨סֶף֙kesep
moneynounH3701
price · silver
בְּֽ/לוֹאbəlwōʾ
erepronH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לֶ֔חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
וִ/יגִיעֲ/כֶ֖םwiygiyʿăkem
labourconjH3018
work
בְּ/ל֣וֹאbəlwōʾ
erepronH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לְ/שָׂבְעָ֑הləśābəʿāh
enoughpronH7654
till...be full · satiable · satisfy · sufficiently
שִׁמְע֨וּšiməʿw
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
שָׁמ֤וֹעַšāmwōʿa
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֵלַ/י֙ʾēlay
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/אִכְלוּwəʾikəlw
burn upconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/תִתְעַנַּ֥גwətitəʿanag
delicateconjH6026
delight · sport self
בַּ/דֶּ֖שֶׁןbadešen
ashespronH1880
fatness
נַפְשְׁ/כֶֽםnapəšəkem
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
Words 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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