Isaiah 23:5 Go deeper
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As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. (KJV)
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כַּֽאֲשֶׁר\־ka.'a.Sher-<just> when
Lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834D
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: as which
Used 511 times. Also: Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834D; TAHOT Isaiah 23:5 word 1
שֵׁ֖מַעShe.ma'a report
Lemma: שֵׁ֫מַע (she.ma) · Strong's: H8088B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: report
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Exodus 23:1, Numbers 14:15, Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Kings 10:1, 2 Chronicles 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8088B; TAHOT Isaiah 23:5 word 2
לְמִצְרָ֑יִםle.mitz.Ra.yim[is] to Egypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Isaiah 23:5 word 3
יָחִ֖ילוּya.Chi.lupeople will be in anguish
Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to twist: writh in pain
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Chronicles 10:3, Job 15:20, Psalms 77:16, Isaiah 13:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2342I; TAHOT Isaiah 23:5 word 4
כְּשֵׁ֥מַעke.She.ma'like [the] report of
Lemma: שֵׁ֫מַע (she.ma) · Strong's: H8088B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: report
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Exodus 23:1, Numbers 14:15, Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Kings 10:1, 2 Chronicles 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8088B; TAHOT Isaiah 23:5 word 5
צֹֽר\׃TzorTyre
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 23:5 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | כַּאֲשֶׁר H0834D as which |
| the report [reaches] | → | שֵׁ֫מַע H8088B report |
| Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| they will writhe in agony | → | חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain |
| over the news | → | שֵׁ֫מַע H8088B report |
| of Tyre | → | צֹר H6865 Tyre |
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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