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Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (KJV)
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וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥םve.'o.le.lei.Hemand children their
Lemma: עוֹלֵל (o.lel) · Strong's: H5768
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: infant
Used 20 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 22:19, 2 Kings 8:12, Job 3:16, Psalms 8:2, Psalms 17:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5768; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 1
יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.Shuthey will be dashed in pieces
Lemma: רָטַשׁ (ra.tash) · Strong's: H7376
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVPi3mp)
Meaning: to dash in pieces
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 8:12, Isaiah 13:18, Hosea 10:14, Hosea 13:16, Nahum 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7376; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 2
לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םle.'ei.nei.Hemto eyes their
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 3
יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙yi.Sha.suthey will be plundered
Lemma: שָׁסַס (sha.sas) · Strong's: H8155
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNi3mp)
Meaning: to plunder
Used 6 times. Also: Judges 2:14, 1 Samuel 17:53, Psalms 89:41, Jeremiah 30:16, Zechariah 14:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8155; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 4
בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔םba.tei.Hemhouses their
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 5
וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ne.shei.Hemand wives their
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:16 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their infants | → | עוֹלֵל H5768 infant |
| will be dashed to pieces | → | רָטַשׁ H7376 to dash in pieces |
| before their eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| their houses | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| will be looted | → | שָׁסַס H8155 to plunder |
| and their wives | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| will be ravished | → | H7693 |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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