Hebrew Interlinear
Isaiah 51:6 Interlinear
“Lift up beneath for the heavens your eyes and look and the earth beneath for the heavens like smoke shall vanish away and the earth like a garment shall wax old and they that dwell in like therein shall die but my salvation shall be for ever and my righteousness shall not be abolished”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שְׂאוּ֩ | H5375 | Lift up | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 2 | שָׁמַ֜יִם | H8064 | beneath for the heavens | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 3 | עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם | H5869 | your eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 4 | וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ | H5027 | and look | to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care |
| 5 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 6 | וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | H776 | and the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 7 | מִתַּ֗חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 8 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 9 | שָׁמַ֜יִם | H8064 | beneath for the heavens | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 10 | כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן | H6227 | like smoke | smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) |
| 11 | נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ | H4414 | shall vanish away | to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt) |
| 12 | וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | H776 | and the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 13 | כַּבֶּ֣גֶד | H899 | like a garment | a covering, i.e., clothing |
| 14 | תִּבְלֶ֔ה | H1086 | shall wax old | to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend) |
| 15 | וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ | H3427 | and they that dwell | properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry |
| 16 | כְּמוֹ | H3644 | in like | as, thus, so |
| 17 | כֵ֣ן | H3651 | properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner | |
| 18 | יְמוּת֑וּן | H4191 | therein shall die | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 19 | וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ | H3444 | but my salvation | something saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity |
| 20 | לְעוֹלָ֣ם | H5769 | shall be for ever | properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial |
| 21 | תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 22 | וְצִדְקָתִ֖י | H6666 | and my righteousness | rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) |
| 23 | לֹ֥א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 24 | תֵחָֽת׃ | H2865 | shall not be abolished | properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear |
Verse Context
Isaiah 51:5is near My righteousness is gone forth my salvation and mine arms the people...
Isaiah 51:6 (current)Lift up beneath for the heavens your eyes and look and the earth beneath for the heavens like smoke shall vanish away and the earth like a garment shall wax old and they that dwell in like therein shall die but my salvation shall be for ever and my righteousness shall not be abolished
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