Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 5:20 Interlinear
“Woe unto them that call evil and good and good evil that put darkness and light and light darkness that put bitter and sweet and sweet bitter”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ה֣וֹי | H1945 | Woe | oh! |
| 2 | הָאֹמְרִ֥ים | H559 | unto them that call | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 3 | רָ֑ע | H7451 | evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 4 | וְלַטּ֣וֹב | H2896 | and good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 5 | וְלַטּ֣וֹב | H2896 | and good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 6 | רָ֑ע | H7451 | evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 7 | שָׂמִ֥ים | H7760 | that put | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 8 | לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ | H2822 | darkness | the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness |
| 9 | וְא֣וֹר | H216 | and light | illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) |
| 10 | וְא֣וֹר | H216 | and light | illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) |
| 11 | לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ | H2822 | darkness | the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness |
| 12 | שָׂמִ֥ים | H7760 | that put | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 13 | לְמָֽר׃ | H4751 | bitter | bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly |
| 14 | וּמָת֥וֹק | H4966 | and sweet | sweet |
| 15 | וּמָת֥וֹק | H4966 | and sweet | sweet |
| 16 | לְמָֽר׃ | H4751 | bitter | bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly |
Verse Context
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Isaiah 5:20 (current)Woe unto them that call evil and good and good evil that put darkness and light and light darkness that put bitter and sweet and sweet bitter
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