Isaiah 56:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;”

Isaiah 56:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 56:414 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

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

כֹ֣הkōh

alsoadvH3541

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

אָמַ֣רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לַ/סָּֽרִיסִים֙lasāriysiym

chamberlainpronH5631

eunuch · officer. Compare

אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יִשְׁמְרוּ֙yišəmərw

bewardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔/יšabətwōtay

sabbathnounH7676

וּ/בָֽחֲר֖וּwbāḥărw

acceptableconjH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רbaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

חָפָ֑צְתִּיḥāpāṣətiy

(haveverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

וּ/מַחֲזִיקִ֖יםwmaḥăziyqiym

aidconjH2388

amend · calker · catch · cleave ···

בִּ/בְרִיתִֽ/יbibəriytiy

confederacypronH1285

feder · covenant · league

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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