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I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. (KJV)
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וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָve.sam.Ti.haand I will make it
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
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 14:23 word 1
לְמוֹרַ֥שׁle.mo.Rash<into> a possession of
Lemma: מוֹרָשׁ (mo.rash) · Strong's: H4180
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: possession
Used 3 times. Also: Job 17:11, Obadiah 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4180; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 2
קִפֹּ֖דki.Podhedgehog[s]
Lemma: קִפֹּד (qip.pod) · Strong's: H7090
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: porcupine
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 34:11, Zephaniah 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7090; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 3
וְאַגְמֵי\־ve.'ag.mei-and reed-pools of
Lemma: אֲגַם (a.gam) · Strong's: H0098
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: pool
Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5, Psalms 107:35, Psalms 114:8, Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 41:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0098; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 4
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 5
וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ve.te.te.Ti.haand I will sweep away it
Lemma: טֵאטֵא (tu) · Strong's: H2894
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
Meaning: to sweep
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2894; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 6
בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣אbe.mat.'a.Te'with a broom of
Lemma: מַטְאֲטֵא (mat.a.te) · Strong's: H4292
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: broom
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4292; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 7
הַשְׁמֵ֔דhash.Meddestruction
Lemma: שָׁמַד (sha.mad) · Strong's: H8045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVhaa)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8045; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 8
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of
Lemma: נְאֻם (ne.um) · Strong's: H5002
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: utterance
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5002; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 9
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 10
צְבָאֽוֹת\׃\ \פtze.va.'otof hosts
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: Hosts
Used 285 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635B; TAHOT Isaiah 14:23 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will make her | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| a place | → | מוֹרָשׁ H4180 possession |
| for owls | → | קִפֹּד H7090 porcupine |
| and for swamplands | → | אֲגַם H0098 pool |
| . . . | → | מַי H4325G water |
| I will sweep her away | → | טֵאטֵא H2894 to sweep |
| with the broom | → | מַטְאֲטֵא H4292 broom |
| of destruction | → | שָׁמַד H8045 to destroy |
| declares | → | נְאֻם H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| of Hosts | → | צָבָא H6635B Hosts |
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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