Isaiah
Isaiah 36:5
5You claim to haveb a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
Footnotes
- b 36:5 Literally You speak; see DSS and 2 Kings 18:20|2KI 18:20; MT I speak.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You claim | אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ | ’ā·mar·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| a strategy | עֵצָ֥ה | ‘ê·ṣāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6098 counsel, advice |
| and strength | וּגְבוּרָ֖ה | ū·ḡə·ḇū·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H1369 strength, might |
| for war | לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | lam·mil·ḥā·māh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4421 battle, war |
| but | אַךְ־ | ’aḵ- | Adverb | H389 surely |
| empty | דְּבַר־ | də·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| words | שְׂפָתַ֔יִם | śə·p̄ā·ṯa·yim | Noun - fd | H8193 lip, speech, edge |
| In | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| whom | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| are you now | עַתָּה֙ | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| trusting | בָטַ֔חְתָּ | ḇā·ṭaḥ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H982 trust |
| that | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you have rebelled | מָרַ֖דְתָּ | mā·raḏ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H4775 rebel |
| against me | בִּֽי׃ | bî | Preposition; first person common singular |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.