Isaiah 19:5 Go deeper
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And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. (KJV)
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וְנִשְּׁתוּ\־ve.ni.she.tu-and they will be dried up
Lemma: נָשַׁת (na.shat) · Strong's: H5405
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: be dry
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 41:17, Jeremiah 51:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5405; TAHOT Isaiah 19:5 word 1
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwaters
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 19:5 word 2
מֵֽהַיָּ֑םme.hai.Yamfrom the sea
Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sea
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Isaiah 19:5 word 3
וְנָהָ֖רve.na.Harand a river
Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 19:5 word 4
יֶחֱרַ֥בye.che.Ravit will become dry
Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to dry
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8, 2 Kings 19:24, Job 14:11, Psalms 106:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2717A; TAHOT Isaiah 19:5 word 5
וְיָבֵֽשׁ\׃ve.ya.Veshand it will be dry
Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
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 19:5 word 6
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 the [Nile] | → | יָם H3220G sea |
| will dry up | → | יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither |
| and the riverbed | → | נָהָר H5104H river |
| will be parched | → | חָרֵב H2717A to dry |
| and empty | → | נָשַׁת H5405 be dry |
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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