Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 23:16 Interlinear
“Take an harp go about the city thou harlot that hast been forgotten make sweet melody sing many songs that thou mayest be remembered”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | קְחִ֥י | H3947 | Take | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 2 | כִנּ֛וֹר | H3658 | an harp | a harp |
| 3 | סֹ֥בִּי | H5437 | go about | to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively |
| 4 | עִ֖יר | H5892 | the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 5 | זוֹנָ֣ה | H2181 | thou harlot | to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry ( |
| 6 | נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה | H7911 | that hast been forgotten | to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention |
| 7 | הֵיטִ֤יבִי | H3190 | make sweet | to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) |
| 8 | נַגֵּן֙ | H5059 | melody | properly, to thrum, i.e., beat a tune with the fingers; expectation. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music |
| 9 | הַרְבִּי | H7235 | sing many | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 10 | שִׁ֔יר | H7892 | songs | a song; abstractly, singing |
| 11 | לְמַ֖עַן | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 12 | תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ | H2142 | that thou mayest be remembered | properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male |
Verse Context
Isaiah 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day shall be forgotten shall Tyre of seventy...
Isaiah 23:16 (current)Take an harp go about the city thou harlot that hast been forgotten make sweet melody sing many songs that thou mayest be remembered
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