Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 64:6 Interlinear

But we are all as an unclean rags are as filthy thing and all our righteousnesses and we all do fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַנְּהִ֤יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כַטָּמֵא֙H2931But we are all as an uncleanfoul in a religious sense
3כֻּלָּ֔נוּH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4וּכְבֶ֥גֶדH899ragsa covering, i.e., clothing
5עִדִּ֖יםH5708are as filthythe menstrual flux (as periodical); by implication (in plural) soiling
6כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
7צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּH6666thing and all our righteousnessesrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
8וַנָּ֤בֶלH5034and we all do fadeto wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint
9כֶּֽעָלֶה֙H5929as a leafa leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
10כֻּלָּ֔נוּH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11וַעֲוֺנֵ֖נוּH5771and our iniquitiesperversity, i.e., (moral) evil
12כָּר֥וּחַH7307like the windwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
13יִשָּׂאֻֽנוּ׃H5375have taken us awayto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

Verse Context

Isaiah 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness thee in thy ways...
Isaiah 64:6 (current) But we are all as an unclean rags are as filthy thing and all our righteousnesses and we all do fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away
Isaiah 64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold ...

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