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The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. (KJV)

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נ֣וֹעַNo.a'wildly <stagger>

Lemma: נוּעַ (nu.a) · Strong's: H5128

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to shake

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, Exodus 20:18, Numbers 32:13, Judges 9:9, Judges 9:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5128; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 1

תָּנ֤וּעַta.Nu.a'it will stagger

Lemma: נוּעַ (nu.a) · Strong's: H5128

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to shake

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, Exodus 20:18, Numbers 32:13, Judges 9:9, Judges 9:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5128; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 2

אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] 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 24:20 word 3

כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹרka.shi.Korlike <the> drunkard

Lemma: שִׁכֹּר (shik.kor) · Strong's: H7910

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: drunken

Used 13 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:13, 1 Samuel 25:36, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 20:16, Job 12:25, Psalms 107:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7910; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 4

וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖הve.hit.no.Dahand it will sway

Lemma: נוּד (nud) · Strong's: H5110

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVtq3fs)

Meaning: to wander

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, 1 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 21:8, Job 2:11, Job 42:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5110; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 5

כַּמְּלוּנָ֑הka.me.lu.Nahlike <the> hut

Lemma: מְלוּנָה (me.lu.nah) · Strong's: H4412

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

Meaning: lodge

Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4412; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 6

וְכָבַ֤דve.kha.Vadand it will be heavy

Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)

Meaning: to honor: heavy

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 18:20, Exodus 5:9, Exodus 8:15, Exodus 8:32, Exodus 9:7, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3513H; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 7

עָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haon it

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 8

פִּשְׁעָ֔הּpish.'Ahtransgression its

Lemma: פֶּ֫שַׁע (pe.sah) · Strong's: H6588

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

Meaning: transgression

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 22:9, Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7, Leviticus 16:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6588; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 9

וְנָפְלָ֖הve.na.fe.Lahand it will fall

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 10

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 11

תֹסִ֥יףto.Sifit will repeat

Lemma: יָסַף (ya.saph) · Strong's: H3254G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to add: again

Used 120 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 18:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3254G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 12

קֽוּם\׃\ \סKumto rise

Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to arise: rise

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Isaiah 24:20 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

The earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
staggers	→	נוּעַ H5128 to shake
. . .	→	נוּעַ H5128 to shake
like a drunkard	→	שִׁכֹּר H7910 drunken
and sways	→	נוּד H5110 to wander
like a shack	→	מְלוּנָה H4412 lodge
Earth’s rebellion	→	פֶּ֫שַׁע H6588 transgression
weighs it down	→	כָּבֵד H3513H to honor: heavy
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
and it falls	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
never	→	לֹא H3808 not
to rise	→	קוּם H6965B to arise: rise
again	→	יָסַף H3254G to add: again

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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