Isaiah 18:5 Go deeper
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For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. (KJV)
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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 18:5 word 1
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> 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 18:5 word 2
קָצִיר֙ka.Tzirharvest
Lemma: קָצִיר (qa.tsir) · Strong's: H7105A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: harvest
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, Genesis 30:14, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:21, Exodus 34:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7105A; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 3
כְּתָם\־ke.tom-when is finished
Lemma: תָּמַם (ta.mam) · Strong's: H8552
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 18:5 word 4
פֶּ֔רַחPe.rachbud[s]
Lemma: פֶּ֫רַח (pe.rach) · Strong's: H6525
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: flower
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 25:31, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 25:34, Exodus 37:17, Exodus 37:19, Exodus 37:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6525; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 5
וּבֹ֥סֶרu.Vo.serand unripe grape[s]
Lemma: בֹּ֫סֶר (bo.ser) · Strong's: H1155
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: unripe grape
Used 4 times. Also: Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30, Ezekiel 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1155; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 6
גֹּמֵ֖לgo.Melripening
Lemma: גָּמַל (ga.mal) · Strong's: H1580
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to wean
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 21:8, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17, Numbers 17:8, Deuteronomy 32:6, 1 Samuel 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1580; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 7
יִֽהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
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 18:5 word 8
נִצָּ֑הni.Tzahblossom
Lemma: נִצָּה (nits.tsah) · Strong's: H5328
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: flower
Used 2 times. Also: Job 15:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5328; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 9
וְכָרַ֤תve.kha.Ratand he will cut off
Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to cut: cut
Used 52 times. Also: Exodus 4:25, Exodus 34:13, Leviticus 22:24, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 13:23, Numbers 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3772G; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 10
הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ha.zal.za.Limthe shoots
Lemma: זַלְזַל (zal.zal) · Strong's: H2150
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: tendril
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2150; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 11
בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹתba.maz.me.Rotwith <the> pruning knives
Lemma: מַזְמֵרָה (maz.me.rah) · Strong's: H4211
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: pruner
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:10, Micah 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4211; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 12
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 13
הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹתha.ne.ti.Shotthe tendrils
Lemma: נְטִישָׁה (ne.ti.shah) · Strong's: H5189
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: tendril
Used 3 times. Also: Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 48:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5189; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 14
הֵסִ֥ירhe.Sirhe will remove
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 15
הֵתַֽז\׃he.Tazhe will cut away
Lemma: תָּזַז (ta.zaz) · Strong's: H8456
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to strike away
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8456; TAHOT Isaiah 18:5 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| before | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| the harvest | → | קָצִיר H7105A harvest |
| when the blossom | → | פֶּ֫רַח H6525 flower |
| is gone | → | תָּמַם H8552 to finish |
| and the flower | → | נִצָּה H5328 flower |
| becomes | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a ripening | → | גָּמַל H1580 to wean |
| grape | → | בֹּ֫סֶר H1155 unripe grape |
| He will cut off | → | כָּרַת H3772G to cut: cut |
| the shoots | → | זַלְזַל H2150 tendril |
| with a pruning knife | → | מַזְמֵרָה H4211 pruner |
| and | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| remove | → | תָּזַז H8456 to strike away |
| and discard | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| the branches | → | נְטִישָׁה H5189 tendril |
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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