Isaiah 23:6 Go deeper
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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. (KJV)
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עִבְר֖וּ'iv.Rupass over
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Isaiah 23:6 word 1
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtar.Shi.shahTarshish towards
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 23:6 word 2
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 23:6 word 3
יֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiO inhabitants of
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Isaiah 23:6 word 4
אִֽי\׃'I[the] coastland
Lemma: אִי (i) · Strong's: H0339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: coastland
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Esther 10:1, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 97:1, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0339; TAHOT Isaiah 23:6 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Cross over | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| to Tarshish | → | תַּרְשִׁישׁ H8659H Tarshish |
| wail | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| O inhabitants | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| of the coastland | → | אִי H0339 coastland |
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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