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Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. (KJV)
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פִּתְח֖וּpit.Chuopen
Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to open
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 1
שְׁעָרִ֑יםshe.'a.Rim[the] gates
Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: gate
Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 2
וְיָבֹ֥אve.ya.Vo'so it may enter
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 3
גוֹי\־goy-a nation
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 4
צַדִּ֖יקtza.Dikrighteous
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 5
שֹׁמֵ֥רsho.Mer[which] keeps
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to keep: obey
Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 6
אֱמֻנִֽים\׃'e.mu.Nimfaithfulness<es>
Lemma: אֵמֻן (e.mun) · Strong's: H0529
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: faithful
Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:20, 2 Samuel 20:19, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 31:23, Proverbs 13:17, Proverbs 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0529; TAHOT Isaiah 26:2 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Open | → | פָּתַח H6605A to open |
| the gates | → | שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate |
| so a righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| nation | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| may enter | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| one that remains | → | שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey |
| faithful | → | אֵמֻן H0529 faithful |
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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