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Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 1
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 2
יַ֚עַןYa.'anbecause
Lemma: יַעַן (ya.an) · Strong's: H3282
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: because
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Leviticus 26:43, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 20:12, Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 14:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3282; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 3
כִּ֤יkithat
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 3:16 word 4
גָֽבְהוּ֙ga.ve.Huthey are haughty
Lemma: גָּבַהּ (ga.vah) · Strong's: H1361
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to exult
Used 34 times. Also: 1 Samuel 10:23, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 33:14, Job 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1361; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 5
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 6
צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonZion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 7
וַתֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙va.te.Lakh.nahand they have walked
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqw3fp)
Meaning: to go: walk
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 8
גָּר֔וֹןga.Ronof neck
Lemma: גָּרוֹן (ga.ron) · Strong's: H1627
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: throat
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 5:9, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 115:7, Psalms 149:6, Isaiah 58:1, Ezekiel 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1627; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 9
וּֽמְשַׂקְּר֖וֹתu.me.sa.ke.Rotand making seductive glances
Lemma: שָׂקַר (sa.qar) · Strong's: H8265
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVprfpa)
Meaning: to ogle
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8265; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 10
עֵינָ֑יִם'ei.Na.yimof eyes
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 11
הָל֤וֹךְha.Lokhwalking
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to go: walk
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 12
וְטָפֹף֙ve.ta.Fofand mincing along
Lemma: טָפַף (ta.phaph) · Strong's: H2952
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to mince
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2952; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 13
תֵּלַ֔כְנָהte.Lakh.nahthey walk
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqi3fp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 14
וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.rag.lei.Hemand on feet their
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 15
תְּעַכַּֽסְנָה\׃te.'a.Kas.nahthey tinkle with anklets
Lemma: עָכַס (a.khas) · Strong's: H5913
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVpi3fp)
Meaning: to tinkle
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5913; TAHOT Isaiah 3:16 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| also says | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Because | → | יַעַן H3282 because |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| are haughty | → | גָּבַהּ H1361 to exult |
| walking | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| with heads | → | גָּרוֹן H1627 throat |
| held high | → | נָטָה H5186 to stretch |
| and wanton | → | שָׂקַר H8265 to ogle |
| eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| prancing | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| and skipping | → | טָפַף H2952 to mince |
| as they go | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| jingling | → | עָכַס H5913 to tinkle |
| the bracelets on their ankles | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
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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