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Isaiah 9:16 Interlinear

“ For the leaders of this people cause them to err For the leaders of them are destroyed”

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Isaiah 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו	H833	For the leaders	to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, prosper
3	הָֽעָם	H5971	of this people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
4	הַזֶּ֖ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
5	מַתְעִ֑ים	H8582	cause them to err	to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
6	וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו	H833	For the leaders	to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, prosper
7	מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃	H1104	of them are destroyed	to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy

Isaiah 9:16 (current) For the leaders of this people cause them to err For the leaders of them are destroyed