Isaiah 23:14 Go deeper

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

הֵילִ֖ילוּhei.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 23:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Isaiah 23:14 word 1

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 23:14 word 2

תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.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 23:14 word 3

כִּ֥יkifor

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 23:14 word 4

שֻׁדַּ֖דshu.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 23:14 word 5

מָעֻזְּכֶֽן\׃\ \סma.'u.ze.Khenstronghold your

Lemma: מָעוֹז (ma.oz) · Strong's: H4581

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

Meaning: security

Used 35 times. Also: Judges 6:26, 2 Samuel 22:33, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 31:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4581; TAHOT Isaiah 23:14 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Wail	→	יָלַל H3213 to wail
O ships	→	אֳנִיָּה H0591 fleet
of Tarshish	→	תַּרְשִׁישׁ H8659H Tarshish
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
your harbor	→	מָעוֹז H4581 security
has been destroyed	→	שָׁדַד H7703 to ruin

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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