Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 34:9 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Isaiah 34:9, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

thereof shall be turned And the streams into pitch and the dust thereof into brimstone and the land into pitch thereof shall become burning

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּH2015thereof shall be turnedto turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
2נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙H5158And the streamsa stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
3לְזֶ֖פֶתH2203into pitchasphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
4וַעֲפָרָ֖הּH6083and the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
5לְגָפְרִ֑יתH1614thereof into brimstoneproperly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
6וְהָיְתָ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7אַרְצָ֔הּH776and the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8לְזֶ֖פֶתH2203into pitchasphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
9בֹּעֵרָֽה׃H1197thereof shall become burningto be(-come) brutish

Geographic Context

Verse Context

Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day vengeance of the LORD'S and the year of recompences...
Isaiah 34:9 (current)thereof shall be turned And the streams into pitch and the dust thereof into brimstone and the land into pitch thereof shall become burning
Isaiah 34:10night nor day It shall not be quenched for ever thereof shall go up...

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