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Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. (KJV)

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הִנֵּ֧הhi.Nehhere!

Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: behold

Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 1

יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 2

בּוֹקֵ֥קbo.Kek[is] about to lay waste

Lemma: בָּקַק (ba.qaq) · Strong's: H1238B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to empty

Used 8 times. Also: Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 24:3, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 51:2, Nahum 2:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1238B; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 3

הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

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 24:1 word 4

וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּu.Vol.Kahand [is] about to devastate it

Lemma: בָּלַק (ba.laq) · Strong's: H1110

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: to waste

Used 2 times. Also: Nahum 2:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1110; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 5

וְעִוָּ֣הve.'i.Vahand he will twist

Lemma: עָוָה (a.vah) · Strong's: H5753A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpq3ms)

Meaning: to twist

Used 7 times. Also: Job 33:27, Psalms 38:6, Proverbs 12:8, Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 3:21, Lamentations 3:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5753A; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 6

פָנֶ֔יהָfa.Nei.hasurface its

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: surface

Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440J; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 7

וְהֵפִ֖יץve.he.Fitzand he will scatter

Lemma: פּוּץ (puts) · Strong's: H6327A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)

Meaning: to scatter

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 10:18, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 11:9, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6327A; TAHOT Isaiah 24:1 word 8

יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ\׃yo.she.Vei.hainhabitants its

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 24:1 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Behold	→	הִנֵּה H2009 behold
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
lays waste	→	בָּקַק H1238B to empty
the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
and leaves it in ruins	→	בָּלַק H1110 to waste
He will twist	→	עָוָה H5753A to twist
its surface	→	פָּנֶה H6440J face: surface
and scatter	→	פּוּץ H6327A to scatter
its inhabitants	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell

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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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