Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 40:4 Interlinear

Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2גֶּיא֙H1516Every valleya gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
3יִנָּשֵׂ֔אH5375shall be exaltedto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
4וְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5הַ֥רH2022and every mountaina mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
6וְגִבְעָ֖הH1389and hilla hillock
7יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּH8213shall be made lowto depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
8וְהָיָ֤הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9הֶֽעָקֹב֙H6121and the crooked(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
10לְמִישׁ֔וֹרH4334shall be made straighta level, i.e., a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e., (
11וְהָרְכָסִ֖יםH7406and the rough placesa mountain ridge (as of tied summits)
12לְבִקְעָֽה׃H1237plainproperly, a split, i.e., a wide level valley between mountains

Verse Context

Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the LORD...
Isaiah 40:4 (current) Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain
Isaiah 40:5shall be revealed And the glory of the LORD shall see and all flesh...

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