Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 10:17 Interlinear

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire and his Holy One for a flame and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers day in one

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֤הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2אֽוֹרH216And the lightillumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
3יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4לְאֵ֔שׁH784shall be for a firefire (literally or figuratively)
5וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹH6918and his Holy Onesacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
6לְלֶהָבָ֑הH3852for a flameflame
7וּבָעֲרָ֗הH1197and it shall burnto be(-come) brutish
8וְאָֽכְלָ֛הH398and devourto eat (literally or figuratively)
9שִׁית֥וֹH7898his thornsscrub or trash, i.e., wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)
10וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹH8068and his briersa thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
11בְּי֥וֹםH3117daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
12אֶחָֽד׃H259in oneproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

Verse Context

Isaiah 10:16 send Therefore shall the Lord of hosts among his fat ones...
Isaiah 10:17 (current) And the light of Israel shall be for a fire and his Holy One for a flame and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers day in one
Isaiah 10:18the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field both soul and body...

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