Isaiah

Isaiah 51:8

⁸For the moth will devour them like a garment,

and the worm will eat them like wool.

But My righteousness will last forever,

My salvation through all generations.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the moth	עָ֔שׁ	‘āš	Noun - masculine singular	H6211 moth
will devour them	יֹאכְלֵ֣ם	yō·ḵə·lêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H398 eat
like a garment	כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙	ḵab·be·ḡeḏ	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H899 treachery
and the worm	סָ֑ס	sās	Noun - masculine singular	H5580 moth
will eat them	יֹאכְלֵ֣ם	yō·ḵə·lêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H398 eat
like wool	וְכַצֶּ֖מֶר	wə·ḵaṣ·ṣe·mer	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6785 wool
But My righteousness	וְצִדְקָתִי֙	wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6666 righteousness
will last forever	תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה	tih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
My salvation	וִישׁוּעָתִ֖י	wî·šū·‘ā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3444 salvation
through all generations	לְד֥וֹר	lə·ḏō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1755 period, generation, dwelling

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.