“Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.”
Isaiah 58:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 58:316 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
צַּ֨מְנוּ֙ṣamənw
have we fastedverbH6684
at all
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָאִ֔יתָrāʾiytā
you have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
עִנִּ֥ינוּʿiniynw
have we humbled?verbH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
נַפְשֵׁ֖/נוּnapəšēnw
self ournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵדָ֑עtēdāʿ
you knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הֵ֣ןhēn
there!particleH2005
if · lo · though
בְּ/י֤וֹםbəywōm
on the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
צֹֽמְ/כֶם֙ṣōməkem
fasting yournounH6685
תִּמְצְאוּtiməṣəʾw
you findverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵ֔פֶץḥēpeṣ
pleasurenounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עַצְּבֵי/כֶ֖םʿaṣəbēykem
laborers yournounH6092
תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּtinəgōśw
you drive hardverbH5065
driver · exact · oppress · raiser of taxes ···
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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