Isaiah 18:1 Go deeper
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: (KJV)
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ה֥וֹיHoalas!
Lemma: הוֹי (hoy) · Strong's: H1945
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 51 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:30, Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1945; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 1
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzO land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 18:1 word 2
צִלְצַ֣לtzil.Tzalwhirring of
Lemma: צִלְצָל (tsil.tsal) · Strong's: H6767A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: buzzing
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6767A; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 3
כְּנָפָ֑יִםke.na.Fa.yimwings
Lemma: כָּנָף (ka.naph) · Strong's: H3671
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: wing
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 7:14, Exodus 19:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Leviticus 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3671; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 4
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 5
מֵעֵ֖בֶרme.'E.ver[is] from [the] other side
Lemma: עֵ֫בֶר (e.ver) · Strong's: H5676H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: side: beyond
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:11, Exodus 25:37, Numbers 22:1, Numbers 32:32, Numbers 34:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5676H; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 6
לְנַֽהֲרֵי\־le.na.ha.rei-of [the] rivers of
Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: river
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 7
כֽוּשׁ\׃KhushCush
Lemma: כּוּשׁ (kush) · Strong's: H3568A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Cush
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 2:13, 2 Kings 19:9, Esther 1:1, Esther 8:9, Job 28:19, Psalms 68:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3568A; TAHOT Isaiah 18:1 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Woe | → | הוֹי H1945 woe! |
| to the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of whirring | → | צִלְצָל H6767A buzzing |
| wings | → | כָּנָף H3671 wing |
| along | → | עֵ֫בֶר H5676H side: beyond |
| the rivers | → | נָהָר H5104H river |
| of Cush | → | כּוּשׁ H3568A Cush |
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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