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Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. (KJV)

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וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.Henand inhabitants their

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

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 37:27 word 1

קִצְרֵי\־kitz.rei-[were] short of

Lemma: קָצֵר (qa.tser) · Strong's: H7116

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)

Meaning: short

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:26, Job 14:1, Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 14:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7116; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 2

יָ֔דYadhand

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hand: power

Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 3

חַ֖תּוּCha.tuthey were dismayed

Lemma: חָתַת (cha.tat) · Strong's: H2865

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to to be dismayed

Used 52 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:21, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 10:25, 1 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2865; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 4

וָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuand they were ashamed

Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: be ashamed

Used 126 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 5

הָי֞וּha.Yuthey were

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

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 37:27 word 6

עֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sev[the] vegetation of

Lemma: עֵ֫שֶׂב (e.sev) · Strong's: H6212

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

Meaning: vegetation

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6212; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 7

שָׂדֶה֙sa.Deh[the] field

Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: land: country

Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 8

וִ֣ירַקVi.rakand [the] greenery of

Lemma: יָרָק (ya.raq) · Strong's: H3419

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

Meaning: herb

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:10, 1 Kings 21:2, 2 Kings 19:26, Proverbs 15:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3419; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 9

דֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'vegetation

Lemma: דֶּ֫שֶׁא (de.she) · Strong's: H1877

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: grass

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Deuteronomy 32:2, 2 Samuel 23:4, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 6:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1877; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 10

חֲצִ֣ירcha.Tzirgrass of

Lemma: חָצִיר (cha.tsir) · Strong's: H2682A

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

Meaning: grass

Used 20 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2682A; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 11

גַּגּ֔וֹתga.Gotroofs

Lemma: גָּג (gag) · Strong's: H1406

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: roof

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Deuteronomy 22:8, Joshua 2:6, Joshua 2:8, Judges 9:51 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1406; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 12

וּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.Mahand a field

Lemma: שְׁדֵמָה (she.de.mah) · Strong's: H7709

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

Meaning: field

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:32, 2 Kings 23:4, Isaiah 16:8, Habakkuk 3:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7709; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 13

לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> before

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

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

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 14

קָמָֽה\׃ka.Mahstanding grain

Lemma: קָמָה (qa.mah) · Strong's: H7054

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

Meaning: standing grain

Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 22:6, Deuteronomy 16:9, Deuteronomy 23:25, Judges 15:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7054; TAHOT Isaiah 37:27 word 15

How the BSB renders it

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

Therefore their inhabitants	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
devoid	→	קָצֵר H7116 short
of power	→	יָד H3027H hand: power
are dismayed	→	חָתַת H2865 to to be dismayed
and ashamed	→	בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed
They are like	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
plants	→	עֵ֫שֶׂב H6212 vegetation
in the field	→	שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country
tender	→	יָרָק H3419 herb
green shoots	→	דֶּ֫שֶׁא H1877 grass
grass	→	חָצִיר H2682A grass
on the rooftops	→	גָּג H1406 roof
scorched	→	שְׁדֵמָה H7709 field
before	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
it is grown	→	קָמָה H7054 standing grain

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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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