Isaiah
Isaiah 5:14
14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
and opens wide its enormous jaws,
and down go Zion’s nobles and masses,
her revelers and carousers!
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | לָכֵ֗ן | lā·ḵên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| Sheol | שְּׁאוֹל֙ | šə·’ō·wl | Noun - common singular | H7585 underworld |
| enlarges | הִרְחִ֤יבָה | hir·ḥî·ḇāh | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H7337 be, or grow, wide, large |
| its throat | נַפְשָׁ֔הּ | nap̄·šāh | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| and opens | וּפָעֲרָ֥ה | ū·p̄ā·‘ă·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H6473 open wide |
| wide its enormous | לִבְלִי־ | liḇ·lî- | Preposition-l; Adverb | H1097 wearing out |
| jaws | פִ֖יהָ | p̄î·hā | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H6310 mouth |
| and down go | וְיָרַ֨ד | wə·yā·raḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| nobles | הֲדָרָ֧הּ | hă·ḏā·rāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H1926 ornament, splendour, honour |
| masses | וַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּ | wa·hă·mō·w·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance |
| her revelers | וּשְׁאוֹנָ֖הּ | ū·šə·’ō·w·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H7588 roar |
| and carousers | וְעָלֵ֥ז | wə·‘ā·lêz | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular | H5938 exultant, jubilant |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 30:16 · Habakkuk 2:5 · Luke 21:34 · Psalm 55:15 · Matthew 7:13 · Isaiah 30:33 · Revelation 20:13–15 · Proverbs 27:20 · Numbers 16:30–34 · Isaiah 14:9 · Acts 12:21–23 · Luke 17:27
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.