Isaiah 35:3 Go deeper

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

חַזְּק֖וּcha.ze.Kustrengthen

Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)

Meaning: to strengthen: strengthen

Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 47:20, Genesis 48:2, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2388G; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 1

יָדַ֣יִםya.Da.yimhands

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HNcbda)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 2

רָפ֑וֹתra.Fotslack

Lemma: רָפֶה (ra.pheh) · Strong's: H7504

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)

Meaning: weak

Used 4 times. Also: Numbers 13:18, 2 Samuel 17:2, Job 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7504; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 3

וּבִרְכַּ֥יִםu.vir.Ka.yimand knees

Lemma: בֶּ֫רֶךְ (be.rekh) · Strong's: H1290

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: knee

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 30:3, Genesis 48:12, Genesis 50:23, Deuteronomy 28:35, Judges 7:5, Judges 7:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1290; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 4

כֹּשְׁל֖וֹתko.she.Lotstumbling

Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrfpa)

Meaning: to stumble

Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 5

אַמֵּֽצוּ\׃'a.Me.tzumake firm

Lemma: אָמֵץ (a.mats) · Strong's: H0553

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)

Meaning: to strengthen

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Deuteronomy 2:30, Deuteronomy 3:28, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0553; TAHOT Isaiah 35:3 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Strengthen	→	חָזַק H2388G to strengthen: strengthen
the limp	→	רָפֶה H7504 weak
hands	→	יָד H3027G hand
and steady	→	אָמֵץ H0553 to strengthen
the feeble	→	כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble
knees	→	בֶּ֫רֶךְ H1290 knee

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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