Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 28:17 Interlinear

also will I lay Judgment to the line and righteousness to the plummet shall sweep away and the hail the refuge of lies the hiding place and the waters shall overflow

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יH7760also will I layto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
2מִשְׁפָּט֙H4941Judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
3לְקָ֔וH6957to the linea cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
4וּצְדָקָ֖הH6666and righteousnessrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
5לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶתH4949to the plummeta weight, i.e., a plummet (with line attached)
6וְיָעָ֤הH3261shall sweep awayto brush aside
7בָרָד֙H1259and the hailhail
8מַחְסֵ֣הH4268the refugea shelter (literally or figuratively)
9כָזָ֔בH3577of liesfalsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
10וְסֵ֥תֶרH5643the hiding placea cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
11מַ֖יִםH4325and the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
12יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃H7857shall overflowto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer

Verse Context

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ...
Isaiah 28:17 (current)also will I lay Judgment to the line and righteousness to the plummet shall sweep away and the hail the refuge of lies the hiding place and the waters shall overflow
Isaiah 28:18shall be disannulled And your covenant with death and your agreement ...

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