Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.This verse in the real world
In what words
- רֶכֶסrekeça mountain ridge (as of tied summits)
- עָקֹבʻâqôb(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
- מִישׁוֹרmîyshôwra level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain di
- שָׁפֵלshâphêlto depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
- גַּיְאgayʼa gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
- גִּבְעָהgibʻâha hillock
- הַרhara mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Luk 3:5, Ezk 21:26, Luk 18:14, Isa 42:15–16, Isa 45:2, Ezk 17:24, Job 40:11–13, Luk 1:52–53