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Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. (KJV)
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אַ֣ף'afeven
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 1
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 2
נִטָּ֗עוּni.Ta.'uthey have been planted
Lemma: נָטַע (na.ta) · Strong's: H5193
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to plant
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 9:20, Genesis 21:33, Exodus 15:17, Leviticus 19:23, Numbers 24:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5193; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 3
אַ֚ף'afeven
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 4
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 5
זֹרָ֔עוּzo.Ra.'uthey have been sown
Lemma: זָרַע (za.ra) · Strong's: H2232
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVPp3cp)
Meaning: to sow
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 26:12, Genesis 47:23, Exodus 23:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2232; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 6
אַ֛ף'afeven
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 7
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 8
שֹׁרֵ֥שׁsho.Reshit has taken root
Lemma: שָׁרַשׁ (sha.rash) · Strong's: H8327
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to uproot
Used 8 times. Also: Job 5:3, Job 31:8, Job 31:12, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 80:9, Isaiah 27:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8327; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 9
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzin the ground
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 10
גִּזְעָ֑םgiz.'Amrootstock their
Lemma: גֶּ֫זַע (ge.za) · Strong's: H1503
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: stock
Used 3 times. Also: Job 14:8, Isaiah 11:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1503; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 11
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 12
נָשַׁ֤ףna.Shafhe blows
Lemma: נָשַׁף (na.shaph) · Strong's: H5398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to blow
Used 2 times. Also: Exodus 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5398; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 13
וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּvai.yi.Va.shuand they have dried up
Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to wither
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 14
וּסְעָרָ֖הu.se.'a.Rahand a tempest
Lemma: סְעָרָה (se.a.rah) · Strong's: H5591B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: tempest
Used 14 times. Also: 2 Kings 2:1, 2 Kings 2:11, Psalms 107:25, Psalms 107:29, Psalms 148:8, Isaiah 29:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5591B; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 15
כַּקַּ֥שׁka.Kashlike <the> chaff
Lemma: קַשׁ (qash) · Strong's: H7179
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: stubble
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 5:12, Exodus 15:7, Job 13:25, Job 41:28, Job 41:29, Psalms 83:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7179; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 16
תִּשָּׂאֵֽם\׃\ \סti.sa.'Emit carries off them
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Isaiah 40:24 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| No sooner | → | אַף H0637 also |
| . . . | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| are they planted | → | נָטַע H5193 to plant |
| no sooner | → | אַף H0637 also |
| . . . | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| are they sown | → | זָרַע H2232 to sow |
| no sooner | → | אַף H0637 also |
| . . . | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| have their stems | → | גֶּ֫זַע H1503 stock |
| taken root | → | שָׁרַשׁ H8327 to uproot |
| in the ground | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| than | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| He blows | → | נָשַׁף H5398 to blow |
| on them | → | |
| and they wither | → | יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither |
| and a whirlwind | → | סְעָרָה H5591B tempest |
| sweeps them away | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| like stubble | → | קַשׁ H7179 stubble |
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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