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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. (KJV)
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וּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.Nonand Lebanon
Lemma: לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) · Strong's: H3844G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Lebanon
Used 63 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3844G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 1
אֵ֥ין'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 2
דֵּ֖יdei[is] sufficiency of
Lemma: דַּי (day) · Strong's: H1767
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sufficiency
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7, Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1767; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 3
בָּעֵ֑רba.'Erburning
Lemma: בָּעַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1197A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
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 40:16 word 4
וְחַיָּת֔וֹve.chai.ya.Toand animal[s] its
Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: living thing
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 5
אֵ֥ין'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 6
דֵּ֖יdei[is] sufficiency of
Lemma: דַּי (day) · Strong's: H1767
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sufficiency
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7, Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1767; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 7
עוֹלָֽה\׃\ \סo.Lahburnt offering
Lemma: עֹלָה (o.lah) · Strong's: H5930A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: burnt offering
Used 286 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5930A; TAHOT Isaiah 40:16 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Lebanon | → | לְבָנוֹן H3844G Lebanon |
| [is] not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| sufficient | → | דַּי H1767 sufficiency |
| for fuel | → | בָּעַר H1197A to burn: burn |
| nor its animals | → | חַיָּה H2416C living thing |
| . . . | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| enough | → | דַּי H1767 sufficiency |
| for a burnt offering | → | עֹלָה H5930A burnt offering |
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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