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That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? (KJV)

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שָׂ֥םsam[who] made

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 1

תֵּבֵ֛לte.Vel[the] world

Lemma: תֵּבֵל (te.vel) · Strong's: H8398

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: world

Used 36 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 22:16, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 18:18, Job 34:13, Job 37:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8398; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 2

כַּמִּדְבָּ֖רka.mid.Barlike <the> wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

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

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 3

וְעָרָ֣יוve.'a.Ravand cities its

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 4

הָרָ֑סha.Rashe tore down

Lemma: הָרַס (ha.ras) · Strong's: H2040

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to overthrow

Used 43 times. Also: Exodus 15:7, Exodus 19:21, Exodus 19:24, Exodus 23:24, Judges 6:25, 2 Samuel 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2040; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 5

אֲסִירָ֖יו'a.si.Ravprisoners his

Lemma: אָסִיר (a.sir) · Strong's: H0615

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: prisoner

Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 39:22, Job 3:18, Psalms 68:6, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 102:20, Psalms 107:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0615; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 6

לֹא\־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 14:17 word 7

פָ֥תַחFa.tachhe opened

Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to open

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Isaiah 14:17 word 8

בָּֽיְתָה\׃Ba.ye.tahhome towards

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

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

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 14:17 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

who turned	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
the world	→	תֵּבֵל H8398 world
into a desert	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
and destroyed	→	הָרַס H2040 to overthrow
its cities	→	עִיר H5892B city
who refused	→	לֹא H3808 not
to let	→	פָּתַח H6605A to open
the captives	→	אָסִיר H0615 prisoner
return to their homes	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home

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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