Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 34:9 Interlinear

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

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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