Isaiah 48:18
I would that thou haddest perceived my commandments, thy peace had been made as a flood, and thy rightfulness or rightwiseness as the swells of the sea;This verse in the real world
In what words
- לוּאlûwʼa conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- גַּלgalsomething rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of wat
- קָשַׁבqâshabto prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue)
- מִצְוָהmitsvâha command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmsafe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, p
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 5:29, Psa 119:165, Isa 66:12, Psa 81:13–16, Deu 32:29, Luk 19:41–42, Isa 45:8, Psa 36:8