Isaiah 33:12 Go deeper
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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. (KJV)
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וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 1
עַמִּ֖ים'a.Mimpeoples
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 33:12 word 2
מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹתmis.re.Fotburnings of
Lemma: מִשְׂרָפָה (mis.ra.phah) · Strong's: H4955
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: burning
Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 34:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4955; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 3
שִׂ֑ידSidlime
Lemma: שִׂיד (sid) · Strong's: H7875
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lime
Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 27:2, Deuteronomy 27:4, Amos 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7875; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 4
קוֹצִ֥יםko.Tzimthornbushes
Lemma: קוֹץ (qots) · Strong's: H6975
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: thorn
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 3:18, Exodus 22:6, Judges 8:7, Judges 8:16, 2 Samuel 23:6, Psalms 118:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6975; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 5
כְּסוּחִ֖יםke.su.Chimcut down
Lemma: כָּסַח (ka.sach) · Strong's: H3683
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)
Meaning: to cut
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 80:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3683; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 6
בָּאֵ֥שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 7
יִצַּֽתּוּ\׃\ \סyi.Tza.tuthey will be kindled
Lemma: יָצַת (ya.tsat) · Strong's: H3341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to kindle
Used 27 times. Also: Joshua 8:8, Joshua 8:19, Judges 9:49, 2 Samuel 14:30, 2 Samuel 14:31, 2 Kings 22:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3341; TAHOT Isaiah 33:12 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The peoples | → | עַם H5971A people |
| will be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| burned | → | מִשְׂרָפָה H4955 burning |
| to ashes | → | שִׂיד H7875 lime |
| like thorns | → | קוֹץ H6975 thorn |
| cut down | → | כָּסַח H3683 to cut |
| and set | → | יָצַת H3341 to kindle |
| ablaze | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
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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