Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 28:20 Interlinear

“ is shorter For the bed than that a man can stretch himself on it and the covering narrower than that he can wrap”

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Isaiah 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	קָצַ֥ר	H7114	is shorter	to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
3	הַמַּצָּ֖ע	H4702	For the bed	a couch
4	מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ	H8311	than that a man can stretch	to prolong, i.e., (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
5	וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה	H4541	himself on it and the covering	properly, a pouring over, i.e., fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e., league; concretely a coverlet (as if pour
6	צָ֖רָה	H6887	narrower	to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
7	כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃	H3664	than that he can wrap	to collect; hence, to enfold

Isaiah 28:20 (current) is shorter For the bed than that a man can stretch himself on it and the covering narrower than that he can wrap