Isaiah 7:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.”

Isaiah 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 7:1616 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֠יkiy

andconjH3588

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

בְּ/טֶ֨רֶםbəṭerem

beforepronH2962

ere · not yet

יֵדַ֥עyēdaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

הַ/נַּ֛עַרhanaʿar

babeparticleH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

מָאֹ֥סmāʾōs

abhorverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

בָּ/רָ֖עbārāʿ

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וּ/בָחֹ֣רwbāḥōr

acceptableconjH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

בַּ/טּ֑וֹבbaṭwōb

beautifulpronH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

תֵּעָזֵ֤בtēʿāzēb

commit selfverbH5800

fail · forsake · fortify · help ···

הָ/אֲדָמָה֙hāʾădāmāh

countryparticleH127

earth · ground · husband · land

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אַתָּ֣הʾatāh

theeprepH859

thou · ye · you

קָ֔ץqāṣ

abhorverbH6973

be distressed · be grieved · loathe · vex ···

מִ/פְּנֵ֖יmipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

שְׁנֵ֥יšənēy

bothadjH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

מְלָכֶֽי/הָməlākeyhā

kingnounH4428

royal

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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