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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הֵ֤ןH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
2גּוֹיִם֙H1471Behold the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
3כְּמַ֣רH4752are as a dropa drop
4מִדְּלִ֔יH1805of a bucketa pail or jar (for drawing water)
5וּכְשַׁ֥חַקH7834as the small dusta powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
6מֹאזְנַ֖יִםH3976of the balance(only in the dual) a pair of scales
7נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּH2803and are countedproperly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
8הֵ֥ןH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
9אִיִּ֖יםH339the islesproperly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
10כַּדַּ֥קH1851as a very little thingcrushed, i.e., (by implication) small or thin
11יִטּֽוֹל׃H5190behold he taketh upto lift; by implication, to impose

Verse Context

Isaiah 40:14 With whom took he counsel and who instructed and taught him in the path...
Isaiah 40:15 (current) 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
Isaiah 40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn nor the beasts is not...

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