Isaiah

Isaiah 45:2

²“I will go before you

and level the mountains;^a

I will break down the gates of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אֲנִי֙	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will go	אֵלֵ֔ךְ	’ê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
before you	לְפָנֶ֣יךָ	lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
and level	אוֹשִׁר	ʾō·šir	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3474 be smooth, straight, right
the mountains	וַהֲדוּרִ֖ים	wa·hă·ḏū·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H1921 swell (?), honour, adorn
I will break down	אֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר	’ă·šab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
the gates	דַּלְת֤וֹת	dal·ṯō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1817 door
of bronze	נְחוּשָׁה֙	nə·ḥū·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5154 copper, bronze
and cut through	אֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃	’ă·ḡad·dê·a‘	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1438 hew, hew down or off
the bars	וּבְרִיחֵ֥י	ū·ḇə·rî·ḥê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1280 bar
of iron	בַרְזֶ֖ל	ḇar·zel	Noun - masculine singular	H1270 iron

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.