“Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.”
Isaiah 56:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 56:1117 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/כְּלָבִ֣יםwəhakəlābiym
and the dogsconjH3611
עַזֵּיʿazēy
are mighty ofadjH5794
greedy · mighty · power · roughly ···
נֶ֗פֶשׁnepeš
appetitenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָֽדְעוּ֙yādəʿw
they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
שָׂבְעָ֔הśābəʿāh
satietynounH7654
till...be full · satiable · satisfy · sufficiently
וְ/הֵ֣מָּהwəhēmāh
and theyconjH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
רֹעִ֔יםrōʿiym
are shepherdsverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדְע֖וּyādəʿw
they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הָבִ֑יןhābiyn
to understandverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
כֻּלָּ/ם֙kulām
all of themnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
לְ/דַרְכָּ֣/םlədarəkām
to own way theirpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
פָּנ֔וּpānw
they have turnedverbH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
everyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לְ/בִצְע֖/וֹləbiṣəʿwō
to own unjust gain hispronH1215
gain · lucre · profit
מִ/קָּצֵֽ/הוּmiqāṣēhw
from end hispronH7097
after · brim · brink · edge ···
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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