Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 40:15 Interlinear
“ Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket as the small dust of the balance and are counted the isles as a very little thing behold he taketh up”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הֵ֤ן | H2005 | lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if | |
| 2 | גּוֹיִם֙ | H1471 | Behold the nations | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 3 | כְּמַ֣ר | H4752 | are as a drop | a drop |
| 4 | מִדְּלִ֔י | H1805 | of a bucket | a pail or jar (for drawing water) |
| 5 | וּכְשַׁ֥חַק | H7834 | as the small dust | a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament |
| 6 | מֹאזְנַ֖יִם | H3976 | of the balance | (only in the dual) a pair of scales |
| 7 | נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ | H2803 | and are counted | properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou |
| 8 | הֵ֥ן | H2005 | lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if | |
| 9 | אִיִּ֖ים | H339 | the isles | properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island |
| 10 | כַּדַּ֥ק | H1851 | as a very little thing | crushed, i.e., (by implication) small or thin |
| 11 | יִטּֽוֹל׃ | H5190 | behold he taketh up | to lift; by implication, to impose |
Verse Context
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