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Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. (KJV)
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הָכִ֧ינוּha.Khi.nuprepare
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 1
לְבָנָ֛יוle.va.Navfor sons his
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 14:21 word 2
מַטְבֵּ֖חַmat.Be.acha place of slaughter
Lemma: מַטְבֵּחַ (mat.be.ach) · Strong's: H4293
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: slaughter
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4293; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 3
בַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.Vonin [the] iniquity of
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: iniquity: guilt
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 44:16, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 28:43, 1 Samuel 20:1, 1 Samuel 20:8, 1 Samuel 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771H; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 4
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Tamancestors their
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 5
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 6
יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ya.Ku.muthey will arise
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 7
וְיָ֣רְשׁוּve.Ya.re.shuand they will take possession of
Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to possess: take
Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 8
אָ֔רֶץ'A.retz[the] earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 9
וּמָלְא֥וּu.mal.'Uand they will fill
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to fill
Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 10
פְנֵֽי\־fe.nei-[the] surface of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: surface
Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440J; TAHOT Isaiah 14:21 word 11
תֵבֵ֖לte.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 14:21 word 12
עָרִֽים\׃'a.Rimcities
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 14:21 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Prepare | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| a place to slaughter | → | מַטְבֵּחַ H4293 slaughter |
| his sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| for the iniquities | → | עָוֺן H5771H iniquity: guilt |
| of their forefathers | → | אָב H0001G father |
| They will never | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| rise up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| to possess | → | יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take |
| a land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| or cover | → | פָּנֶה H6440J face: surface |
| the earth | → | תֵּבֵל H8398 world |
| with their | → | מָלֵא H4390 to fill |
| cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
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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