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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: (KJV)
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כִּי\־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 21:16 word 1
כֹ֛הkhohthus
Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: thus
Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 2
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe has said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 3
אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord
Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Lord
Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 4
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito me
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 5
בְּע֤וֹדbe.'odin yet
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 6
שָׁנָה֙sha.Naha year
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 7
כִּשְׁנֵ֣יkish.Neilike [the] years of
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 8
שָׂכִ֔ירsa.Khira hired laborer
Lemma: שָׂכִיר (sa.khir) · Strong's: H7916
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: hired
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 12:45, Exodus 22:15, Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7916; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 9
וְכָלָ֖הve.kha.Lahand it will be finished
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 10
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 21:16 word 11
כְּב֥וֹדke.Vod[the] splendor of
Lemma: כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) · Strong's: H3519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: glory
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 31:1, Genesis 45:13, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3519; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 12
קֵדָֽר\׃ke.DarKedar
Lemma: קֵדָר (qe.dar) · Strong's: H6938
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Kedar
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 25:13, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Psalms 120:5, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 42:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6938; TAHOT Isaiah 21:16 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| this [is what] | → | כֹּה H3541 thus |
| the Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| says | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to me | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| . . . | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| Within one year | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| as a hired worker | → | שָׂכִיר H7916 hired |
| would count [it] | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the glory | → | כָּבוֹד H3519 glory |
| of Kedar | → | קֵדָר H6938 Kedar |
| will be gone | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
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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