Isaiah 3:26 Go deeper

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. (KJV)

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וְאָנ֥וּve.'a.Nuand they will lament

Lemma: אָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H0578

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to lament

Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 19:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0578; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 1

וְאָבְל֖וּve.'a.ve.Luand they will mourn

Lemma: אָבַל (a.val) · Strong's: H0056

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to mourn

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Exodus 33:4, Numbers 14:39, 1 Samuel 6:19, 1 Samuel 15:35, 1 Samuel 16:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0056; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 2

פְּתָחֶ֑יהָpe.ta.Chei.hagates its

Lemma: פֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) · Strong's: H6607

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: entrance

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 19:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6607; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 3

וְנִקָּ֖תָהve.ni.Ka.tahand it will be emptied

Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNq3fs)

Meaning: to clear

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 4

לָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzto the ground

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: soil

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 5

תֵּשֵֽׁב\׃te.Shevit will sit

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Isaiah 3:26 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the gates [of Zion]	→	פֶּ֫תַח H6607 entrance
will lament	→	אָנָה H0578 to lament
and mourn	→	אָבַל H0056 to mourn
destitute	→	נָקָה H5352 to clear
she will sit	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
on the ground	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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