Isaiah 28:11 Go deeper
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For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. (KJV)
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כִּ֚יkifor
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 28:11 word 1
בְּלַעֲגֵ֣יbe.la.'a.Geiby stammerings of
Lemma: לָעֵג (la.eg) · Strong's: H3934
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: mocking
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 35:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3934; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 2
שָׂפָ֔הsa.Fahlip
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: lips
Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 3
וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹןu.ve.la.Shonand by a tongue
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: tongue: language
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Deuteronomy 28:49, Nehemiah 13:24, Esther 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956H; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 4
אַחֶ֑רֶת'a.Che.retanother
Lemma: אַחֵר (a.cher) · Strong's: H0312
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: another
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0312; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 5
יְדַבֵּ֖רye.da.Berhe will speak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 6
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 7
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 8
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Isaiah 28:11 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Indeed | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| with mocking | → | לָעֵג H3934 mocking |
| lips | → | שָׂפָה H8193G lips |
| and foreign | → | אַחֵר H0312 another |
| tongues | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956H tongue: language |
| He will speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| people | → | עַם H5971A people |
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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