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For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 1

מֵ֥יmei[the] waters of

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

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

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 15:6 word 2

נִמְרִ֖יםnim.RimNimrim

Lemma: נִמְרִים (nim.rim) · Strong's: H5249

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Nimrim

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 48:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5249; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 3

מְשַׁמּ֣וֹתme.sha.Motwastes

Lemma: מְשַׁמָּה (me.sham.mah) · Strong's: H4923

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: devastation

Used 7 times. Also: Jeremiah 48:34, Ezekiel 5:15, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 33:28, Ezekiel 33:29, Ezekiel 35:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4923; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 4

יִֽהְי֑וּyih.Yuthey are

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 5

כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 6

יָבֵ֤שׁya.Veshit has dried up

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001

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

Meaning: to wither

Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 7

חָצִיר֙cha.Tzirgrass

Lemma: חָצִיר (cha.tsir) · Strong's: H2682A

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

Meaning: grass

Used 20 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2682A; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 8

כָּ֣לָהKa.lahit has wasted away

Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615J

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

Meaning: to end: expend

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 43:2, Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 32:23, 1 Kings 17:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3615J; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 9

דֶ֔שֶׁאDe.she'vegetation

Lemma: דֶּ֫שֶׁא (de.she) · Strong's: H1877

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

Meaning: grass

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Deuteronomy 32:2, 2 Samuel 23:4, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 6:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1877; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 10

יֶ֖רֶקYe.rekgreenery

Lemma: יֶ֫רֶק (ye.req) · Strong's: H3418

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

Meaning: green

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:3, Exodus 10:15, Numbers 22:4, Psalms 37:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3418; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 11

לֹ֥אlo'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 15:6 word 12

הָיָֽה\׃ha.Yahit is

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 15:6 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

The waters	→	מַי H4325G water
of Nimrim	→	נִמְרִים H5249 Nimrim
are	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
. . .	→	כִּי H3588A for
dried up	→	מְשַׁמָּה H4923 devastation
[and] the grass	→	חָצִיר H2682A grass
is withered	→	יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither
the vegetation	→	דֶּ֫שֶׁא H1877 grass
is gone	→	כָּלָה H3615J to end: expend
[and] the greenery	→	יֶ֫רֶק H3418 green
is	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
no more	→	לֹא H3808 not

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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