Isaiah 24:5 Go deeper
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The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. (KJV)
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וְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand 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 24:5 word 1
חָנְפָ֖הcha.ne.Fahit has been polluted
Lemma: חָנֵף (cha.neph) · Strong's: H2610
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to pollute
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 35:33, Psalms 106:38, Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2610; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 2
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 3
יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.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 24:5 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 24:5 word 5
עָבְר֤וּ'a.ve.Ruthey have transgressed
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674D
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to pass: trespass
Used 21 times. Also: Numbers 14:41, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 24:13, Deuteronomy 17:2, Deuteronomy 26:13, Joshua 7:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674D; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 6
תוֹרֹת֙to.Rotlaws
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 7
חָ֣לְפוּChal.futhey have overstepped
Lemma: חָלַף (cha.laph) · Strong's: H2498
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 41:14, Leviticus 27:10, Judges 5:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2498; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 8
חֹ֔קChok[the] decree
Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: statute: decree
Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 47:26, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 12:24, Exodus 15:25, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2706G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 9
הֵפֵ֖רוּhe.Fe.ruthey have broken
Lemma: פָּרַר (pa.rar) · Strong's: H6565A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to break
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6565A; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 10
בְּרִ֥יתbe.Rit[the] covenant of
Lemma: בְּרִית (be.rit) · Strong's: H1285
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: covenant
Used 284 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1285; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 11
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.Lamperpetuity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Isaiah 24:5 word 12
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 |
| is defiled | → | חָנֵף H2610 to pollute |
| by | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| its people | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| they have transgressed | → | עָבַר H5674D to pass: trespass |
| the laws | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| they have overstepped | → | חָלַף H2498 to pass |
| the decrees | → | חֹק H2706G statute: decree |
| and broken | → | פָּרַר H6565A to break |
| the everlasting | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
| covenant | → | בְּרִית H1285 covenant |
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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