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The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. (KJV)

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מַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'[the] oracle of

Lemma: מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) · Strong's: H4853B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: oracle

Used 28 times. Also: 2 Kings 9:25, 2 Chronicles 24:27, Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 14:28, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4853B; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 1

מִדְבַּר\־mid.bar-[the] wilderness of

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 2

יָ֑םYam[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 21:1 word 3

כְּסוּפ֤וֹתke.su.Fotlike storm-winds

Lemma: סוּפָה (su.phah) · Strong's: H5492A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: whirlwind

Used 15 times. Also: Job 21:18, Job 27:20, Job 37:9, Psalms 83:15, Proverbs 1:27, Proverbs 10:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5492A; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 4

בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ba.Ne.gevin the south

Lemma: נֶ֫גֶב (ne.gev) · Strong's: H5045G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Negeb

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 24:62, Numbers 13:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5045G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 5

לַֽחֲלֹ֔ףla.cha.Lofto sweep on

Lemma: חָלַף (cha.laph) · Strong's: H2498

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to pass

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 41:14, Leviticus 27:10, Judges 5:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2498; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 6

מִמִּדְבָּ֣רmi.mid.Barfrom [the] wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 7

בָּ֔אBa'[someone is] coming

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 8

מֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

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 21:1 word 9

נוֹרָאָֽה\׃no.ra.'Ahto be feared

Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrfsa)

Meaning: to fear

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:1 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[This is] the burden	→	מַשָּׂא H4853B oracle
against the Desert	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
by the Sea	→	יָם H3220G sea
Like whirlwinds	→	סוּפָה H5492A whirlwind
sweeping	→	חָלַף H2498 to pass
through the Negev	→	נֶ֫גֶב H5045G Negeb
[an invader] comes	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
from the desert	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
from a land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
of terror	→	יָרֵא H3372G to fear

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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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