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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (KJV)
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תָּעָ֣הta.'Ahit has wandered
Lemma: תָּעָה (ta.ah) · Strong's: H8582
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to go astray
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 20:13, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 37:15, Exodus 23:4, 2 Kings 21:9, 2 Chronicles 33:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8582; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 1
לְבָבִ֔יle.va.Viheart my
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 2
פַּלָּצ֖וּתpa.la.Tzutshuddering
Lemma: פַּלָּצוּת (pal.la.tsut) · Strong's: H6427
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: shuddering
Used 4 times. Also: Job 21:6, Psalms 55:5, Ezekiel 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6427; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 3
בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִיbi.'a.Ta.te.niit has overwhelmed me
Lemma: בָּעַת (ba.at) · Strong's: H1204
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)
Meaning: to terrify
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:15, 2 Samuel 22:5, 1 Chronicles 21:30, Esther 7:6, Job 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1204; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 4
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 5
נֶ֣שֶׁףNe.shef[the] twilight of
Lemma: נֶ֫שֶׁף (ne.sheph) · Strong's: H5399
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: twilight
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 30:17, 2 Kings 7:5, 2 Kings 7:7, Job 3:9, Job 7:4, Job 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5399; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 6
חִשְׁקִ֔יchish.Kidesire my
Lemma: חֵ֫שֶׁק (che.sheq) · Strong's: H2837
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: desire
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 9:19, 2 Chronicles 8:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2837; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 7
שָׂ֥םsamit has made
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 8
לַחֲרָדָֽה\׃la.cha.ra.Dah<into> trembling
Lemma: חֲרָדָה (cha.ra.dah) · Strong's: H2731
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: trembling
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 27:33, 1 Samuel 14:15, 2 Kings 4:13, Proverbs 29:25, Jeremiah 30:5, Ezekiel 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2731; TAHOT Isaiah 21:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| falters | → | תָּעָה H8582 to go astray |
| fear | → | פַּלָּצוּת H6427 shuddering |
| makes me tremble | → | בָּעַת H1204 to terrify |
| The twilight | → | נֶ֫שֶׁף H5399 twilight |
| I desired | → | חֵ֫שֶׁק H2837 desire |
| has turned | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| to horror | → | חֲרָדָה H2731 trembling |
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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