Jesaja 9:10
(09-9) Ziegelsteine sind gefallen, wir aber wollen mit Quadern bauen; Maulbeerbäume wurden abgehauen, wir aber wollen Zedern dafür setzen!This verse in the real world
In what words
- שִׁקְמָהshiqmâha sycamore (usually the tree)
- לְבֵנָהlᵉbênâha brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
- גָּזִיתgâzîythsomething cut, i.e. dressed stone
- גָּדַעgâdaʻto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
- חָלַףchâlaphproperly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- נָפַלnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurat
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.