Isaiah

Isaiah 40:4

⁴Every valley shall be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill made low;

the uneven ground will become smooth,

and the rugged land a plain.^c

Footnotes

c 40:4 LXX Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low. All the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough places plains.Cited in Luke 3:5|LUK 3:5

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
valley	גֶּיא֙	ge	Noun - common singular construct	H1516 valley
shall be lifted up	יִנָּשֵׂ֔א	yin·nā·śê	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
and every	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
mountain	הַ֥ר	har	Noun - masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and hill	וְגִבְעָ֖ה	wə·ḡiḇ·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H1389 hill
made low	יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ	yiš·pā·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8213 be or become low, be abased
the uneven	הֶֽעָקֹב֙	he·‘ā·qōḇ	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H6121 insidious, deceitful
will become	וְהָיָ֤ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
smooth	לְמִישׁ֔וֹר	lə·mî·šō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4334 level place, uprightness
and the rugged land	וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים	wə·hā·rə·ḵā·sîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7406 ridge, tied
a plain	לְבִקְעָֽה׃	lə·ḇiq·‘āh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H1237 valley

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.