Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 18:2 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Isaiah 18:2, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“That sendeth by the sea ambassadors even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters messengers ye swift a nation scattered and peeled to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto a nation meted out and trodden down have spoiled the rivers whose land”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ | H7971 | That sendeth | to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) |
| 2 | בַּיָּ֜ם | H3220 | by the sea | a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif |
| 3 | צִירִ֗ים | H6735 | ambassadors | a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure) |
| 4 | וּבִכְלֵי | H3627 | even in vessels | something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) |
| 5 | גֹמֶא֮ | H1573 | of bulrushes | properly, an absorbent, i.e., the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus |
| 6 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | פְּנֵי | H6440 | upon | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 8 | מַיִם֒ | H4325 | the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 9 | לְכ֣וּ׀ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 10 | מַלְאָכִ֣ים | H4397 | messengers | a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) |
| 11 | קַלִּ֗ים | H7031 | ye swift | light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial) |
| 12 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 13 | גּ֚וֹי | H1471 | a nation | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 14 | מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ | H4900 | scattered | to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.) |
| 15 | וּמוֹרָ֔ט | H4178 | and peeled | obstinate, i.e., independent |
| 16 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 17 | עַ֥ם | H5971 | to a people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 18 | נוֹרָ֖א | H3372 | terrible | to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
| 19 | מִן | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 20 | ה֣וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 21 | וָהָ֑לְאָה | H1973 | from their beginning hitherto | to the distance, i.e., far away; also (of time) thus far |
| 22 | גּ֚וֹי | H1471 | a nation | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 23 | קַו | H0 | ||
| 24 | קָ֣ו | H6978 | meted out | stalwart |
| 25 | וּמְבוּסָ֔ה | H4001 | and trodden down | a trampling |
| 26 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 27 | בָּזְא֥וּ | H958 | have spoiled | probably to cleave |
| 28 | נְהָרִ֖ים | H5104 | the rivers | a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity |
| 29 | אַרְצֽוֹ׃ | H776 | whose land | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
Geographic Context
Verse Context
Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings which is beyond...
Isaiah 18:2 (current)That sendeth by the sea ambassadors even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters messengers ye swift a nation scattered and peeled to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto a nation meted out and trodden down have spoiled the rivers whose land
Isaiah 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth ye when he lifteth up...