Isaiah
Isaiah 51:23
23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors,
who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’
so that you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be traversed.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will place it | וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ | wə·śam·tî·hā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| in the hands | בְּיַד־ | bə·yaḏ- | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| of your tormentors | מוֹגַ֔יִךְ | mō·w·ḡa·yiḵ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H3013 suffer |
| who | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| told | אָמְר֥וּ | ’ā·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| you | לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ | lə·nap̄·šêḵ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| Lie down | שְׁחִ֣י | šə·ḥî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H7812 bow down |
| so we can walk over you | וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה | wə·na·‘ă·ḇō·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| so that you made | וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי | wat·tā·śî·mî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| your back | גֵּוֵ֔ךְ | gê·wêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1460 back |
| like the ground | כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | ḵā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| like a street | וְכַח֖וּץ | wə·ḵa·ḥūṣ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2351 the outside |
| to be traversed | לַעֹבְרִֽים׃ס | la·‘ō·ḇə·rîm | Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.