Isaiah 40:15 Go deeper

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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. (KJV)

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הֵ֤ןhenthere!

Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: look!

Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 1

גּוֹיִם֙go.Yimnations

Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: nation

Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 2

כְּמַ֣רke.Marlike a drop

Lemma: מַר (mar) · Strong's: H4752

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

Meaning: drop

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4752; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 3

מִדְּלִ֔יmi.de.Lifrom a bucket

Lemma: דְּלִי (de.li) · Strong's: H1805

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

Meaning: bucket

Used 2 times. Also: Numbers 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1805; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 4

וּכְשַׁ֥חַקu.khe.Sha.chakand like [the] dust of

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַק (sha.chaq) · Strong's: H7834

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

Meaning: cloud

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 22:12, Job 35:5, Job 36:28, Job 37:18, Job 37:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7834; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 5

מֹאזְנַ֖יִםmoz.Na.yimscales

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 6:2, Job 31:6, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 6

נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּnech.Sha.vuthey are regarded

Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803H

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to devise: count

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 31:15, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2803H; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 7

הֵ֥ןhenthere!

Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: look!

Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 8

אִיִּ֖ים'i.Yimislands

Lemma: אִי (i) · Strong's: H0339

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: coastland

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Esther 10:1, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 97:1, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0339; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 9

כַּדַּ֥קka.Daklike <the> fine [dust]

Lemma: דַּק (daq) · Strong's: H1851

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: thin

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:6, Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:23, Genesis 41:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1851; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 10

יִטּֽוֹל\׃yi.Tolhe lifts

Lemma: נָטַל (na.tal) · Strong's: H5190

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to lift

Used 4 times. Also: 2 Samuel 24:12, Isaiah 63:9, Lamentations 3:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5190; TAHOT Isaiah 40:15 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

Surely	→	הֵן H2005 look!
the nations	→	גּוֹי H1471A nation
are like a drop	→	מַר H4752 drop
in a bucket	→	דְּלִי H1805 bucket
they are considered	→	חָשַׁב H2803H to devise: count
. . .	→	הֵן H2005 look!
a speck of dust	→	שַׁ֫חַק H7834 cloud
on the scales	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance
He lifts up	→	נָטַל H5190 to lift
the islands	→	אִי H0339 coastland
like fine dust	→	דַּק H1851 thin

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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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