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Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. (KJV)
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יָג֤וּרוּya.Gu.rulet them sojourn
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 1
נִדָּחַ֔יni.da.Chaioutcasts my
Lemma: נָדַח (na.dach) · Strong's: H5080
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVNrmpc)
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 16:4 word 2
מוֹאָ֛בmo.'AvMoab
Lemma: מוֹאָב (mo.av) · Strong's: H4124G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Moab
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4124G; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 3
הֱוִי\־he.vi-be
Lemma: הָוָה (ha.vah) · Strong's: H1933B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 27:29, Nehemiah 6:6, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 11:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1933B; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 4
סֵ֥תֶרSe.tera shelter
Lemma: סֵ֫תֶר (se.ter) · Strong's: H5643A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: secrecy
Used 35 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 27:15, Deuteronomy 27:24, Deuteronomy 28:57, Judges 3:19, 1 Samuel 19:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5643A; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 5
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 6
שׁוֹדֵ֑דsho.Ded[the] destroyer
Lemma: שָׁדַד (sha.dad) · Strong's: H7703
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 56 times. Also: Judges 5:27, Job 12:6, Job 15:21, Psalms 17:9, Psalms 137:8, Proverbs 19:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7703; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 7
כִּֽי\־ki-if
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 16:4 word 8
אָפֵ֤ס'a.Feshe will come to an end
Lemma: אָפֵס (a.phes) · Strong's: H0656
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to end
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 47:15, Genesis 47:16, Psalms 77:8, Isaiah 29:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0656; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 9
הַמֵּץ֙ha.Metzthe oppressor
Lemma: מֵץ (muts) · Strong's: H4160
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: extortioner
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4160; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 10
כָּ֣לָהKa.lahit will cease
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 11
שֹׁ֔דShoddevastation
Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7701
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: violence
Used 25 times. Also: Job 5:21, Job 5:22, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 24:2, Isaiah 13:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7701; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 12
תַּ֥מּוּTa.muthey will be finished
Lemma: תָּמַם (ta.mam) · Strong's: H8552
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to finish
Used 62 times. Also: Genesis 47:15, Genesis 47:18, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 26:20, Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8552; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 13
רֹמֵ֖סro.Mes[the] trampler
Lemma: רָמַס (ra.mas) · Strong's: H7429
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to trample
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 7:20, 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chronicles 25:18, Psalms 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7429; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 14
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Isaiah 16:4 word 15
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe land
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 16:4 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let my fugitives | → | נָדַח H5080 to banish |
| stay | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| with you | → | |
| be | → | הָוָה H1933B to be |
| a refuge | → | סֵ֫תֶר H5643A secrecy |
| for Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| from | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| the destroyer | → | שָׁדַד H7703 to ruin |
| When | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the oppressor | → | מֵץ H4160 extortioner |
| has gone | → | אָפֵס H0656 to end |
| destruction | → | שֹׁד H7701 violence |
| has ceased | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
| and the oppressors | → | רָמַס H7429 to trample |
| have vanished | → | תָּמַם H8552 to finish |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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