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And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. (KJV)

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וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּve.ne.hef.Khuand they will be changed

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 1

נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ne.cha.Lei.hatorrents its

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A

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

Meaning: torrent: river

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 2

לְזֶ֔פֶתle.Ze.fetinto pitch

Lemma: זֶ֫פֶת (ze.phet) · Strong's: H2203

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

Meaning: pitch

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2203; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 3

וַעֲפָרָ֖הּva.'a.fa.Rahand dust its

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 4

לְגָפְרִ֑יתle.ga.fe.Ritinto sulfur

Lemma: גׇּפְרִית (goph.rit) · Strong's: H1614

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

Meaning: brimstone

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Job 18:15, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 30:33, Ezekiel 38:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1614; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 5

וְהָיְתָ֣הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will become

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)

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 34:9 word 6

אַרְצָ֔הּ'ar.Tzahland its

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 7

לְזֶ֖פֶתle.Ze.fet<into> pitch

Lemma: זֶ֫פֶת (ze.phet) · Strong's: H2203

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

Meaning: pitch

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2203; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 8

בֹּעֵרָֽה\׃bo.'e.Rahburning

Lemma: בָּעַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1197A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: to burn: burn

Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 35:3, Leviticus 6:12, Numbers 11:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1197A; TAHOT Isaiah 34:9 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

[Edom’s] streams	→	נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river
will be turned	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
to tar	→	זֶ֫פֶת H2203 pitch
and her soil	→	עָפָר H6083 dust
to sulfur	→	גׇּפְרִית H1614 brimstone
her land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
will become	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
a blazing	→	בָּעַר H1197A to burn: burn
pitch	→	זֶ֫פֶת H2203 pitch

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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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