Original Language Studio
Isaiah 58:5
“Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2088 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- Derivation
- a primitive word;
- KJV renderings
- he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare H2063 (זֹאת), H2090 (זֹה), H2097 (זוֹ), H2098 (זוּ).
- Grammar
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- כָ — preposition
- זֶ֗ה — demonstrative pronoun, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,178 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:1Genesis 5:29Genesis 6:15Genesis 7:1Genesis 7:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זֶה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.