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I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. (KJV)

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אַחֲרִ֤יב'a.cha.RivI will lay waste

Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717B

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to destroy

Used 20 times. Also: Judges 16:24, 2 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 49:17, Isaiah 60:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2717B; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 1

הָרִים֙ha.Rimmountains

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G

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

Meaning: mountain: mount

Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 2

וּגְבָע֔וֹתu.ge.va.'otand hills

Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1389I

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

Meaning: hill

Used 67 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 33:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1389I; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 3

וְכָל\־ve.kholand all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 4

עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם'es.Bamvegetation their

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 42:15 word 5

אוֹבִ֑ישׁ'o.VishI will dry up

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

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 42:15 word 6

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.Tiand I will make

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 7

נְהָרוֹת֙ne.ha.rOtrivers

Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H

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

Meaning: river

Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 8

לָֽאִיִּ֔יםla.'i.Yim<into> <the> islands

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 42:15 word 9

וַאֲגַמִּ֖יםva.'a.ga.Mimand pools

Lemma: אֲגַם (a.gam) · Strong's: H0098

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

Meaning: pool

Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5, Psalms 107:35, Psalms 114:8, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 35:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0098; TAHOT Isaiah 42:15 word 10

אוֹבִֽישׁ\׃'o.VishI will dry up

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

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 42:15 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

I will lay waste	→	חָרֵב H2717B to destroy
the mountains	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
and hills	→	גִּבְעָה H1389I hill
and dry up	→	יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither
all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
their vegetation	→	עֵ֫שֶׂב H6212 vegetation
I will turn	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
the rivers	→	נָהָר H5104H river
into dry land	→	אִי H0339 coastland
and drain	→	יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither
the marshes	→	אֲגַם H0098 pool

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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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