Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 54:3 Interlinear

on the right hand and on the left For thou shalt break forth and thy seed the Gentiles shall inherit cities and make the desolate to be inhabited

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2יָמִ֥יןH3225on the right handthe right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
3וּשְׂמֹ֖אולH8040and on the leftproperly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
4תִּפְרֹ֑צִיH6555For thou shalt break forthto break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
5וְזַרְעֵךְ֙H2233and thy seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
6גּוֹיִ֣םH1471the Gentilesa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
7יִירָ֔שׁH3423shall inheritto occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
8וְעָרִ֥יםH5892citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
9נְשַׁמּ֖וֹתH8074and make the desolateto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
10יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃H3427to be inhabitedproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Verse Context

Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent the curtains of thine habitations and let them stretch forth...
Isaiah 54:3 (current) on the right hand and on the left For thou shalt break forth and thy seed the Gentiles shall inherit cities and make the desolate to be inhabited
Isaiah 54:4 Fear not for thou shalt not be ashamed ...

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