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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. (KJV)
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הַעִיר֤וֹתִיha.'i.Ro.tiI have stirred up
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 1
מִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnfrom [the] north
Lemma: צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) · Strong's: H6828G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: north
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 13:14, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 36:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6828G; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 2
וַיַּ֔אתvai.Yatand he has come
Lemma: אָתָה (a.tah) · Strong's: H0857
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to come
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:2, Deuteronomy 33:21, Job 3:25, Job 16:22, Job 30:14, Job 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0857; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 3
מִמִּזְרַח\־mi.miz.rach-from [the] rising of
Lemma: מִזְרָח (miz.rach) · Strong's: H4217H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: east
Used 73 times. Also: Exodus 27:13, Exodus 38:13, Numbers 2:3, Numbers 3:38, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 32:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4217H; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 4
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁShe.mesh[the] sun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 5
יִקְרָ֣אyik.Ra'he will call
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 6
בִשְׁמִ֑יvish.Mion name my
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 7
וְיָבֹ֤אve.ya.Vo'so he may come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 8
סְגָנִים֙se.ga.Nimofficials
Lemma: סָגָן (sa.gan) · Strong's: H5461
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ruler
Used 17 times. Also: Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 4:14, Nehemiah 4:19, Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5461; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 9
כְּמוֹ\־ke.mov-like
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 10
חֹ֔מֶרCho.mermud
Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: homer
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 11:32, Job 38:14, Isaiah 5:10, Ezekiel 45:11, Ezekiel 45:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2563C; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 11
וּכְמ֥וֹu.khe.Moand like
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 12
יוֹצֵ֖רyo.Tzera potter
Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3335H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: to form: potter
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:28, 1 Chronicles 4:23, Psalms 2:9, Isaiah 29:16, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 64:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3335H; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 13
יִרְמָס\־yir.mos-[who] he tramples
Lemma: רָמַס (ra.mas) · Strong's: H7429
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to trample
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 7:20, 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chronicles 25:18, Psalms 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7429; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 14
טִֽיט\׃Titclay
Lemma: טִיט (tit) · Strong's: H2916
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mud
Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 41:30, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:14, Isaiah 57:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2916; TAHOT Isaiah 41:25 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have raised up | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| [one] from the north | → | צָפוֹן H6828G north |
| and he has come | → | אָתָה H0857 to come |
| one from the east | → | מִזְרָח H4217H east |
| . . . | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
| who calls on | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| My name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| He will march over | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| rulers | → | סָגָן H5461 ruler |
| as if | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| they were mortar | → | חֹ֫מֶר H2563C homer |
| like | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| a potter | → | יָצַר H3335H to form: potter |
| who treads | → | רָמַס H7429 to trample |
| the clay | → | טִיט H2916 mud |
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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