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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | יָמִ֥ין | H3225 | on the right hand | the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south |
| 3 | וּשְׂמֹ֖אול | H8040 | and on the left | properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand |
| 4 | תִּפְרֹ֑צִי | H6555 | For thou shalt break forth | to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) |
| 5 | וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ | H2233 | and thy seed | seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity |
| 6 | גּוֹיִ֣ם | H1471 | the Gentiles | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 7 | יִירָ֔שׁ | H3423 | shall inherit | to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish |
| 8 | וְעָרִ֥ים | H5892 | cities | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 9 | נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת | H8074 | and make the desolate | to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) |
| 10 | יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | H3427 | to be inhabited | properly, 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 ...