Isaiah 13:12 Go deeper

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אוֹקִ֥יר'o.KirI will make precious

Lemma: יָקַר (ya.qar) · Strong's: H3365

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: be precious

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:30, 1 Samuel 26:21, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Kings 1:14, Psalms 49:8, Psalms 72:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3365; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 1

אֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshhumankind

Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582

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

Meaning: human

Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 2

מִפָּ֑זmi.Pazmore than pure gold

Lemma: פַּז (paz) · Strong's: H6337

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

Meaning: pure gold

Used 9 times. Also: Job 28:17, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 21:3, Psalms 119:127, Proverbs 8:19, Song of Solomon 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6337; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 3

וְאָדָ֖םve.'a.Damand humankind

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 4

מִכֶּ֥תֶםmi.Ke.temmore than [the] gold of

Lemma: כֶּ֫תֶם (ke.tem) · Strong's: H3800

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: gold

Used 9 times. Also: Job 28:16, Job 28:19, Job 31:24, Psalms 45:9, Proverbs 25:12, Song of Solomon 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3800; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 5

אוֹפִֽיר\׃'o.FirOphir

Lemma: אוֹפִיר (o.phir) · Strong's: H0211H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Ophir

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 22:48, 1 Chronicles 29:4, 2 Chronicles 8:18, 2 Chronicles 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0211H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:12 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

{I will make} man	→	אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human
scarcer	→	יָקַר H3365 be precious
than pure gold	→	פַּז H6337 pure gold
and mankind	→	אָדָם H0120G man
rarer than the gold	→	כֶּ֫תֶם H3800 gold
of Ophir	→	אוֹפִיר H0211H Ophir

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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