Isaiah 29:17 Go deeper
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Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (KJV)
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הֲלוֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ 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 29:17 word 1
עוֹד֙'Odyet
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 2
מְעַ֣טme.'Ata little of
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 3
מִזְעָ֔רmiz.'Ara little
Lemma: מִזְעָר (miz.ar) · Strong's: H4213
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: little
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 10:25, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 24:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4213; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 4
וְשָׁ֥בve.Shavand it will turn
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 5
לְבָנ֖וֹןle.va.NonLebanon
Lemma: לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) · Strong's: H3844G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Lebanon
Used 63 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3844G; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 6
לַכַּרְמֶ֑לla.kar.Melinto <the> orchard
Lemma: כַּרְמֶל (kar.mel) · Strong's: H3759
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: plantation
Used 16 times. Also: Leviticus 2:14, Leviticus 23:14, 2 Kings 4:42, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Isaiah 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3759; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 7
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖לve.ha.kar.Meland the orchard
Lemma: כַּרְמֶל (kar.mel) · Strong's: H3759
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: plantation
Used 16 times. Also: Leviticus 2:14, Leviticus 23:14, 2 Kings 4:42, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Isaiah 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3759; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 8
לַיַּ֥עַרlai.Ya.'arto <the> forest
Lemma: יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) · Strong's: H3293A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wood
Used 48 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:5, Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:18, 1 Samuel 22:5, 2 Samuel 18:8, 2 Samuel 18:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3293A; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 9
יֵחָשֵֽׁב\׃ye.cha.Shevit will be considered
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Isaiah 29:17 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In a very | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| short | → | מְעַט H4592 little |
| time | → | מִזְעָר H4213 little |
| [will not] Lebanon | → | לְבָנוֹן H3844G Lebanon |
| become | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| an orchard | → | כַּרְמֶל H3759 plantation |
| and the orchard | → | כַּרְמֶל H3759 plantation |
| seem | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| like a forest | → | יַ֫עַר H3293A wood |
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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