Isaiah 57:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”

Isaiah 57:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 57:2011 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הָ/רְשָׁעִ֖יםwəhārəšāʿiym

guiltyconjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

כַּ/יָּ֣םkayām

sea ( -faring manpronH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

נִגְרָ֑שׁnigərāš

cast upverbH1644

divorced · drive away (forth · out) · expel ···

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

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

הַשְׁקֵט֙hašəqēṭ

appeaseverbH8252

idleness · (at · be at · be in ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוּכָ֔לywkāl

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

וַ/יִּגְרְשׁ֥וּwayigərəšw

cast upconjH1644

divorced · drive away (forth · out) · expel ···

מֵימָ֖י/וmēymāyw

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

רֶ֥פֶשׁrepeš

mirenounH7516

וָ/טִֽיטwāṭiyṭ

clayconjH2916

dirt · mire

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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