Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 3:24 Interlinear

And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָה֩H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2תַ֨חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
3בֹּ֜שֶׂםH1314And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet smellfragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
4מַ֣קH4716there shall be stinkproperly, a melting, i.e., putridity
5יִֽהְיֶ֗הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6וְתַ֨חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
7חֲגוֹרָ֤הH2290and instead of a girdlea belt (for the waist)
8נִקְפָּה֙H5364a rentprobably a rope (as encircling)
9וְתַ֨חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
10מַעֲשֶׂ֤הH4639and instead of well setan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
11מִקְשֶׁה֙H4748hairsomething turned (rounded), i.e., a curl (of tresses)
12קָרְחָ֔הH7144baldnessbaldness
13וְתַ֥חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
14פְּתִיגִ֖ילH6614and instead of a stomacherprobably a figured mantle for holidays
15מַחֲגֹ֣רֶתH4228a girdinga girdle
16שָׂ֑קH8242of sackclothproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai
17כִּיH3587and burninga brand or scar
18תַ֖חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
19יֹֽפִי׃H3308instead of beautybeauty

Verse Context

Isaiah 3:23The glasses and the fine linen and the hoods and the vails...
Isaiah 3:24 (current) And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty
Isaiah 3:25Thy men by the sword shall fall and thy mighty in the war...

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