Isaiah

Isaiah 24:5

⁵The earth is defiled by its people;

they have transgressed the laws;

they have overstepped the decrees

and broken the everlasting covenant.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The earth	וְהָאָ֥רֶץ	wə·hā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
is defiled	חָנְפָ֖ה	ḥā·nə·p̄āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2610 polluted, profane
by	תַּ֣חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
its people	יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ	yō·šə·ḇe·hā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
they have transgressed	עָבְר֤וּ	‘ā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
the laws	תוֹרֹת֙	ṯō·w·rōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8451 direction, instruction, law
they have overstepped	חָ֣לְפוּ	ḥā·lə·p̄ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2498 pass on or away, pass through
the decrees	חֹ֔ק	ḥōq	Noun - masculine singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due
and broken	הֵפֵ֖רוּ	hê·p̄ê·rū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H6565 break, frustrate
the everlasting	עוֹלָֽם׃	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
covenant	בְּרִ֥ית	bə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1285 covenant

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.