Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 23:13 Interlinear
“ Behold the land of the Chaldeans this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness they set up the towers thereof they raised up the palaces thereof and he brought it to ruin”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הֵ֣ן׀ | H2005 | lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if | |
| 2 | אֶ֣רֶץ | H776 | Behold the land | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 3 | כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים | H3778 | of the Chaldeans | a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people |
| 4 | זֶ֤ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 5 | הָעָם֙ | H5971 | this people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 6 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 7 | הָיָ֔ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 8 | אַשּׁ֖וּר | H804 | was not till the Assyrian | ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire |
| 9 | יְסָדָ֣הּ | H3245 | founded | to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult |
| 10 | לְצִיִּ֑ים | H6728 | it for them that dwell in the wilderness | a desert-dweller, i.e., nomad or wild beast |
| 11 | הֵקִ֣ימוּ | H6965 | they set up | to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) |
| 12 | בַחיּנָ֗יו | H971 | the towers | a watch-tower of besiegers |
| 13 | עֽוֹרְרוּ֙ | H6209 | thereof they raised up | to bare; figuratively, to demolish |
| 14 | אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ | H759 | the palaces | a citadel (from its height) |
| 15 | שָׂמָ֖הּ | H7760 | thereof and he brought | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 16 | לְמַפֵּלָֽה׃ | H4654 | it to ruin | something fallen, i.e., a ruin |
Verse Context
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