Isaiah 9:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”

Isaiah 9:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 9:214 words

HebrewMeaning

הִרְבִּ֣יתָhirəbiytā

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

הַ/גּ֔וֹיhagwōy

GentileparticleH1471

heathen · nation · people

לאlʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

ל֖/וֹlwō

pron

הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּhigədalətā

advanceverbH1431

boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···

הַ/שִּׂמְחָ֑הhaśiməḥāh

gladnessparticleH8057

exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···

שָׂמְח֤וּśāməḥw

cheer upverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

לְ/פָנֶ֨י/ךָ֙ləpāneykā

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

כְּ/שִׂמְחַ֣תkəśiməḥat

gladnesspronH8057

exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···

בַּ/קָּצִ֔ירbaqāṣiyr

boughpronH7105

branch · harvest

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יָגִ֖ילוּyāgiylw

be gladverbH1523

joy · be joyful · rejoice

בְּ/חַלְּקָ֥/םbəḥaləqām

dealpronH2505

distribute · divide · flatter · give ···

שָׁלָֽלšālāl

preynounH7998

spoil

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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