Isaiah 23:1 Go deeper
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. (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 23:1 word 1
צֹ֑רTzorTyre
Lemma: צֹר (tsor) · Strong's: H6865
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Tyre
Used 42 times. Also: Joshua 19:29, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 24:7, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 7:13, 1 Kings 9:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6865; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 2
הֵילִ֣ילוּ\׀hei.Li.luwail
Lemma: יָלַל (ya.lal) · Strong's: H3213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to wail
Used 29 times. Also: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 3
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotO 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 23:1 word 4
תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.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 23:1 word 5
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 23:1 word 6
שֻׁדַּ֤דshu.Dadit has been devastated
Lemma: שָׁדַד (sha.dad) · Strong's: H7703
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPp3ms)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 56 times. Also: Judges 5:27, Job 12:6, Job 15:21, Psalms 17:9, Psalms 137:8, Proverbs 19:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7703; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 7
מִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitfrom house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 8
מִבּ֔וֹאmi.Bo'from coming
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): towards
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 10:30, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 35:16, Deuteronomy 33:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935I; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 9
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 23:1 word 10
כִּתִּ֖יםki.TimCyprus
Lemma: כִּתִּי (kit.ti) · Strong's: H3794H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Cyprus
Used 4 times. Also: Numbers 24:24, Jeremiah 2:10, Daniel 11:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3794H; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 11
נִגְלָה\־nig.lah-it has been revealed
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540H
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to reveal: reveal
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 35:7, Deuteronomy 29:29, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 3:7, 1 Samuel 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540H; TAHOT Isaiah 23:1 word 12
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 Tyre | → | צֹר H6865 Tyre |
| Wail | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| O ships | → | אֳנִיָּה H0591 fleet |
| of Tarshish | → | תַּרְשִׁישׁ H8659H Tarshish |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| [Tyre] is laid waste | → | שָׁדַד H7703 to ruin |
| without house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| [or] harbor | → | בּוֹא H0935I to come (in): towards |
| Word has reached | → | גָּלָה H1540H to reveal: reveal |
| them | → | |
| from the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of Cyprus | → | כִּתִּי H3794H Cyprus |
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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