Isaiah 25:12 Go deeper
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And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. (KJV)
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וּמִבְצַ֞רu.miv.Tzarand [the] fortification of
Lemma: מִבְצָר (miv.tsar) · Strong's: H4013
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fortification
Used 37 times. Also: Numbers 13:19, Numbers 32:17, Numbers 32:36, Joshua 10:20, Joshua 19:29, Joshua 19:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4013; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 1
מִשְׂגַּ֣בmis.Gav[the] refuge of
Lemma: מִשְׂגָּב (mis.gav) · Strong's: H4869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: high refuge
Used 16 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:3, Psalms 9:9, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 48:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4869A; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 2
חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָcho.mo.Tei.khawalls your
Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wall
Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 3
הֵשַׁ֥חhe.Shachhe will lay low
Lemma: שָׁחַח (sha.chach) · Strong's: H7817
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to bow
Used 21 times. Also: Job 9:13, Job 38:40, Psalms 10:10, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7817; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 4
הִשְׁפִּ֛ילhish.Pilhe will bring [it] low
Lemma: שָׁפֵל (sha.phel) · Strong's: H8213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to abase
Used 31 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:7, 2 Samuel 22:28, Job 22:29, Job 40:11, Psalms 18:27, Psalms 75:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8213; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 5
הִגִּ֥יעַhi.Gi.a'he will make [it] touch
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 6
לָאָ֖רֶץla.'A.retz<to> the ground
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 7
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 8
עָפָֽר\׃\ \ס'a.Far[the] dust
Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dust
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Isaiah 25:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The high-walled | → | מִשְׂגָּב H4869A high refuge |
| . . . | → | חוֹמָה H2346G wall |
| fortress | → | מִבְצָר H4013 fortification |
| will be brought down | → | שָׁחַח H7817 to bow |
| . . . | → | שָׁפֵל H8213 to abase |
| cast | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| to the ground | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil |
| into | → | עַד H5704 till |
| the dust | → | עָפָר H6083 dust |
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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