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Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (KJV)

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לוּלֵי֙lu.Leiif not

Lemma: לוּלֵא (lu.le) · Strong's: H3884

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: unless

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 43:10, Deuteronomy 32:27, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 2:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3884; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 1

יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 2

צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts

Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: Hosts

Used 285 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6635B; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 3

הוֹתִ֥ירho.Tirhe had left

Lemma: יָתַר (ya.tar) · Strong's: H3498

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)

Meaning: to remain

Used 106 times. Also: Genesis 30:36, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 44:20, Genesis 49:4, Exodus 10:15, Exodus 12:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3498; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 4

שָׂרִ֖ידsa.Ridsurvivor[s]

Lemma: שָׂרִיד (sa.rid) · Strong's: H8300

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: survivor

Used 27 times. Also: Numbers 21:35, Numbers 24:19, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:3, Joshua 8:22, Joshua 10:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8300; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 5

כִּמְעָ֑טkim.'Atlike a little

Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: little

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 6

כִּסְדֹ֣םkis.Domlike Sodom

Lemma: סְדֹם (se.dom) · Strong's: H5467

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Sodom

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5467; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 7

הָיִ֔ינוּha.Yi.nuwe were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 8

לַעֲמֹרָ֖הla.'a.mo.Rah<to> Gomorrah

Lemma: עֲמֹרָה (a.mo.rah) · Strong's: H6017

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Gomorrah

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 14:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6017; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 9

דָּמִֽינוּ\׃\ \סda.Mi.nuwe were like

Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1819

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to resemble

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 33:56, Judges 20:5, 2 Samuel 21:5, Esther 4:13, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1819; TAHOT Isaiah 1:9 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Unless	→	לוּלֵא H3884 unless
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
of Hosts	→	צָבָא H6635B Hosts
had left	→	יָתַר H3498 to remain
us	→
a few	→	מְעַט H4592 little
survivors	→	שָׂרִיד H8300 survivor
we would have become	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
like Sodom	→	סְדֹם H5467 Sodom
we would have resembled	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble
Gomorrah	→	עֲמֹרָה H6017 Gomorrah

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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