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Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. (KJV)
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עֵצָה֙'e.Tzahcounsel
Lemma: עֵצָה (e.tsah) · Strong's: H6098
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 88 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:28, Judges 20:7, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 16:20, 2 Samuel 16:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6098; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 1
עֲשׂ֣וּ'a.Sumake
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to make: offer
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 31:1, Exodus 1:21, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 29:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213I; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 2
פְלִילָ֔הfe.li.Laha decision
Lemma: פְּלִילָה (pe.li.lah) · Strong's: H6415
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: judge
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6415; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 3
שִׁ֧יתִיShi.timake
Lemma: שִׁית (shit) · Strong's: H7896G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 30:40, Genesis 41:33, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 23:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7896G; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 4
כַלַּ֛יִלkha.La.yillike <the> night
Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: night
Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 5
צִלֵּ֖ךְtzi.Lekhshade your
Lemma: צֵל (tsel) · Strong's: H6738
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: shadow
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 19:8, Numbers 14:9, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:36, 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6738; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 6
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle of
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 7
צָהֳרָ֑יִםtzo.ho.Ra.yim[the] noon<s>
Lemma: צֹ֫הַר (tso.har) · Strong's: H6672A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)
Meaning: midday
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Deuteronomy 28:29, 2 Samuel 4:5, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6672A; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 8
סַתְּרִי֙sa.te.Rihide
Lemma: סָתַר (sa.tar) · Strong's: H5641
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpv2fs)
Meaning: to hide
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 4:14, Genesis 31:49, Exodus 3:6, Numbers 5:13, Deuteronomy 7:20, Deuteronomy 29:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5641; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 9
נִדָּחִ֔יםni.da.Chimoutcasts
Lemma: נָדַח (na.dach) · Strong's: H5080
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)
Meaning: to banish
Used 54 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:10, Deuteronomy 13:13, Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 20:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5080; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 10
נֹדֵ֖דno.Deda fugitive
Lemma: נָדַד (na.dad) · Strong's: H5074
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to wander
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:40, 2 Samuel 23:6, Esther 6:1, Job 15:23, Job 18:18, Job 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5074; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 11
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 12
תְּגַלִּֽי\׃te.ga.Liyou expose
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpj2fs)
Meaning: to reveal: reveal
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 35:7, Deuteronomy 29:29, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 3:7, 1 Samuel 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540H; TAHOT Isaiah 16:3 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Give us | → | H0935 |
| counsel | → | עֵצָה H6098 counsel |
| render | → | עָשָׂה H6213I to make: offer |
| a decision | → | פְּלִילָה H6415 judge |
| . . . | → | שִׁית H7896G to set: make |
| Shelter us at noonday | → | צֹ֫הַר H6672A midday |
| with shade | → | צֵל H6738 shadow |
| . . . | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| as dark as night | → | לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night |
| Hide | → | סָתַר H5641 to hide |
| the refugees | → | נָדַח H5080 to banish |
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| betray | → | גָּלָה H1540H to reveal: reveal |
| the one who flees | → | נָדַד H5074 to wander |
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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