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And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. (KJV)
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וְעַ֖לve.'Aland on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 1
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 2
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.Yot[the] ships of
Lemma: אֳנִיָּה (o.niy.yah) · Strong's: H0591
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: fleet
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 49:13, Deuteronomy 28:68, Judges 5:17, 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0591; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 3
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.ShishTarshish
Lemma: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tar.shish) · Strong's: H8659H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Tarshish
Used 25 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 22:48, 2 Chronicles 9:21, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37, Esther 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8659H; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 4
וְעַ֖לve.'Aland on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 5
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 6
שְׂכִיּ֥וֹתse.khi.Yot[the] ships of
Lemma: שְׂכִיָּה (se.khiy.yah) · Strong's: H7914
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: image
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7914; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 7
הַחֶמְדָּֽה\׃ha.chem.Dah<the> desire
Lemma: חֶמְדָּה (chem.dah) · Strong's: H2532A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: desire
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 9:20, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 32:27, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Psalms 106:24, Jeremiah 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2532A; TAHOT Isaiah 2:16 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| against | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| ship | → | אֳנִיָּה H0591 fleet |
| of Tarshish | → | תַּרְשִׁישׁ H8659H Tarshish |
| and against | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| stately | → | חֶמְדָּה H2532A desire |
| vessel | → | שְׂכִיָּה H7914 image |
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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