Isaiah 2:22 Go deeper
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? (KJV)
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חִדְל֤וּchid.Lucease
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 1
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 2:22 word 2
הָ֣אָדָ֔םha.'a.Dam<the> humankind
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhom
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 2:22 word 4
נְשָׁמָ֖הne.sha.Mahbreath
Lemma: נְשָׁמָה (ne.sha.mah) · Strong's: H5397
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: breath
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 7:22, Deuteronomy 20:16, Joshua 10:40, Joshua 11:11, Joshua 11:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5397; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 5
בְּאַפּ֑וֹbe.'a.Po[is] in nostril[s] his
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0639H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: face: nose
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 24:47, Exodus 15:8, Numbers 11:20, 2 Samuel 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0639H; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 6
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 2:22 word 7
בַמֶּ֥הva.Meh<in> how?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 8
נֶחְשָׁ֖בnech.Shavto be accounted
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 9
הֽוּא\׃\ \פHu'[is] he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Isaiah 2:22 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Put no more trust | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| in | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| man | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| has only the breath | → | נְשָׁמָה H5397 breath |
| in his nostrils | → | אַף H0639H face: nose |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| Of what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| account | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| is he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
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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