Isaiah 3:17 Go deeper
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Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. (KJV)
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וְשִׂפַּ֣חve.si.Pachand he will make scabby
Lemma: שִׂפַּח (si.pach) · Strong's: H5596B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpq3ms)
Meaning: to scar
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5596B; TAHOT Isaiah 3:17 word 1
אֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord
Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Lord
Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Isaiah 3:17 word 2
קָדְקֹ֖דka.de.Kodscalp of
Lemma: קׇדְקֹד (qod.qod) · Strong's: H6936
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: crown
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Deuteronomy 28:35, Deuteronomy 33:16, Deuteronomy 33:20, 2 Samuel 14:25, Job 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6936; TAHOT Isaiah 3:17 word 3
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 3:17 word 4
צִיּ֑וֹןtzi.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 3:17 word 5
וַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand Yahweh
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 3:17 word 6
פָּתְהֵ֥ןpa.te.Henforehead their
Lemma: פֹּת (pot) · Strong's: H6596
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: hinge
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6596; TAHOT Isaiah 3:17 word 7
יְעָרֶֽה\׃\ \סye.'a.Rehhe will lay bare
Lemma: עָרָה (a.rah) · Strong's: H6168
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to uncover
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 24:20, Leviticus 20:18, Leviticus 20:19, 2 Chronicles 24:11, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 137:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6168; TAHOT Isaiah 3:17 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| the Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| will bring sores | → | שִׂפַּח H5596B to scar |
| on the heads | → | קׇדְקֹד H6936 crown |
| of the daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| and the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| will make their foreheads | → | פֹּת H6596 hinge |
| bare | → | עָרָה H6168 to uncover |
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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