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Isaiah 58:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 58:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 58:316 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
צַּ֨מְנוּ֙ṣamənw
fastverbH6684
at all
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָאִ֔יתָrāʾiytā
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
עִנִּ֥ינוּʿiniynw
abase selfverbH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
נַפְשֵׁ֖/נוּnapəšēnw
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵדָ֑עtēdāʿ
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הֵ֣ןhēn
beholdparticleH2005
if · lo · though
בְּ/י֤וֹםbəywōm
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
צֹֽמְ/כֶם֙ṣōməkem
fastnounH6685
תִּמְצְאוּtiməṣəʾw
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵ֔פֶץḥēpeṣ
acceptablenounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עַצְּבֵי/כֶ֖םʿaṣəbēykem
labournounH6092
תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּtinəgōśw
distressverbH5065
driver · exact · oppress · raiser of taxes ···
Words 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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