Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 2:4 Interlinear

And he shall judge against nation and shall rebuke people many and they shall beat sword into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks shall not lift up against nation against nation sword neither shall they learn war

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וְשָׁפַט֙H8199And he shall judgeto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
2בֵּ֣יןH996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
3גּוֹי֙H1471against nationa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
4וְהוֹכִ֖יחַH3198and shall rebuketo be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
5לְעַמִּ֣יםH5971peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6רַבִּ֑יםH7227manyabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
7וְכִתְּת֨וּH3807and they shall beatto bruise or violently strike
8חֶ֔רֶבH2719sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
9לְאִתִּ֗יםH855into plowsharesa hoe or other digging implement
10וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙H2595and their spearsa lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
11לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹתH4211into pruninghooksa pruning-knife
12לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13יִשָּׂ֨אH5375shall not lift upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
14גּוֹי֙H1471against nationa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
15אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
16גּוֹי֙H1471against nationa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
17חֶ֔רֶבH2719sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
18וְלֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
19יִלְמְד֥וּH3925neither shall they learnproperly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
20ע֖וֹדH5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
21מִלְחָמָֽה׃H4421wara battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)

Verse Context

Isaiah 2:3shall go people And many and say shall go ye and let us go up...
Isaiah 2:4 (current)And he shall judge against nation and shall rebuke people many and they shall beat sword into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks shall not lift up against nation against nation sword neither shall they learn war
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob in the light of the LORD...

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