Isaiah 55:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 55:910 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

גָבְה֥וּgābəhw

exaltverbH1361

be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···

שָׁמַ֖יִםšāmayim

heavennounH8064

astrologer · heaven

מֵ/אָ֑רֶץmēʾāreṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

כֵּ֣ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

גָּבְה֤וּgābəhw

exaltverbH1361

be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···

דְרָכַ/י֙dərākay

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

מִ/דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֔םmidarəkēykem

alongpronH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

וּ/מַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖/יwmaḥəšəbōtay

cunningconjH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

מִ/מַּחְשְׁבֹתֵי/כֶֽםmimaḥəšəbōtēykem

cunningpronH4284

curious work · device · imagination · invented ···

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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