Isaiah 52:4
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
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ASV
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.
KJV
For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| כֹ֤ה | khoh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַר֙ | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִ֔ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| מִצְרַ֛יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| יָֽרַד־ | ya.rad- | it went down | H3381 → |
| עַמִּ֥י | 'a.Mi | people my | H5971 → |
| בָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה | va.ri.sho.Nah | at the former [time] | H7223 → |
| לָג֣וּר | la.Gur | to sojourn | H1481 → |
| שָׁ֑ם | Sham | there | H8033 → |
| וְאַשּׁ֖וּר | ve.'a.Shur | and Assyria | H804 → |
| בְּאֶ֥פֶס | be.'E.fes | for nothing | H657 → |
| עֲשָׁקֽוֹ׃ | a.sha.Ko | it oppressed it | H6231 → |
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