Isaiah 36:5 Go deeper
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I say, sayest thou , (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? (KJV)
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אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiI say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 1
אַךְ\־'akh-only
Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: surely
Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 2
דְּבַר\־de.var-a word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 3
שְׂפָתַ֔יִםse.fa.Ta.yimlips
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: lip: words
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 18:20, Job 11:2, Job 12:20, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 7:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193H; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 4
עֵצָ֥ה'e.Tzah[are] a plan
Lemma: עֵצָה (e.tsah) · Strong's: H6098
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 88 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:28, Judges 20:7, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 16:20, 2 Samuel 16:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6098; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 5
וּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.Rahand strength
Lemma: גְּבוּרָה (ge.vu.rah) · Strong's: H1369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: might
Used 60 times. Also: Exodus 32:18, Deuteronomy 3:24, Judges 5:31, Judges 8:21, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1369; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 6
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> war
Lemma: מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) · Strong's: H4421
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: battle
Used 319 times. Also: Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Exodus 1:10, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 15:3, Exodus 17:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4421; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 7
עַתָּה֙'a.Tahnow
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 8
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 9
מִ֣יmiwhom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 10
בָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.tado you rely
Lemma: בָּטַח (ba.tach) · Strong's: H0982
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to trust
Used 120 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:52, Judges 9:26, Judges 18:7, Judges 18:10, Judges 18:27, Judges 20:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0982; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 11
כִּ֥יkithat
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 12
מָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.tayou have rebelled
Lemma: מָרַד (ma.rad) · Strong's: H4775
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Numbers 14:9, Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:19, Joshua 22:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4775; TAHOT Isaiah 36:5 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You claim [to have] | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| a strategy | → | עֵצָה H6098 counsel |
| and strength | → | גְּבוּרָה H1369 might |
| for war | → | מִלְחָמָה H4421 battle |
| but | → | אַךְ H0389 surely |
| [these are] empty | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| words | → | שָׂפָה H8193H lip: words |
| In | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| whom | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| are you now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| trusting | → | בָּטַח H0982 to trust |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you have rebelled | → | מָרַד H4775 to rebel |
| against me | → |
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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