Isaiah 13:18 Go deeper
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Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. (KJV)
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וּקְשָׁת֖וֹתu.ke.sha.Totand bows
Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: bow
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 1
נְעָרִ֣יםne.'a.Rimyouths
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 2
תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָהte.ra.Tash.nahthey will dash in pieces
Lemma: רָטַשׁ (ra.tash) · Strong's: H7376
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVpi3fp)
Meaning: to dash in pieces
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 8:12, Isaiah 13:16, Hosea 10:14, Hosea 13:16, Nahum 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7376; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 3
וּפְרִי\־u.fe.ri-and [the] fruit of
Lemma: פְּרִי (pe.ri) · Strong's: H6529
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fruit
Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6529; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 4
בֶ֙טֶן֙ve.ten[the] womb
Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: belly: womb
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 5
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 6
יְרַחֵ֔מוּye.ra.Che.muthey will have compassion on
Lemma: רָחַם (ra.cham) · Strong's: H7355
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)
Meaning: to have compassion
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 33:19, Deuteronomy 13:17, Deuteronomy 30:3, 1 Kings 8:50, 2 Kings 13:23, Psalms 18:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7355; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 7
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 8
בָּנִ֖יםba.Nimchildren
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 9
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 10
תָח֥וּסta.Chusit will look with pity
Lemma: חוּס (chus) · Strong's: H2347
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to pity
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 45:20, Deuteronomy 7:16, Deuteronomy 13:8, Deuteronomy 19:13, Deuteronomy 19:21, Deuteronomy 25:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2347; TAHOT Isaiah 13:18 word 11
עֵינָֽם\׃'ei.Nameye their
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 13:18 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their bows | → | קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow |
| {will dash} young men | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| to pieces | → | רָטַשׁ H7376 to dash in pieces |
| they will have no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| mercy | → | רָחַם H7355 to have compassion |
| on the fruit | → | פְּרִי H6529 fruit |
| of the womb | → | בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb |
| they will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| look with pity | → | חוּס H2347 to pity |
| . . . | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
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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