Isaiah 49:19 Go deeper
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 1
חָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙cha.re.vo.Ta.yikhwaste places your
Lemma: חׇרְבָּה (chor.bah) · Strong's: H2723
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: desolation
Used 42 times. Also: Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:33, Ezra 9:9, Job 3:14, Psalms 9:6, Psalms 102:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2723; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 2
וְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְve.Sho.me.mo.Ta.yikhand desolate [places] your
Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HVqrfpc)
Meaning: be desolate: destroyed
Used 56 times. Also: Leviticus 26:22, Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8074G; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 3
וְאֶ֖רֶץve.'E.retzand [the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 49:19 word 4
הֲרִֽסֻתֵ֑יךְha.ri.su.Teikhdestruction your
Lemma: הֲרִיסוּת (ha.ri.sut) · Strong's: H2035
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: ruins
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2035; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 5
כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 6
עַתָּה֙'a.Tahnow
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 7
תֵּצְרִ֣יte.tze.Riyou will be [too] cramped
Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3334
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqi2fs)
Meaning: be distressed
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 32:7, Judges 2:15, Judges 10:9, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Samuel 13:2, Nehemiah 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3334; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 8
מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmi.yo.Shevfor [the] inhabitant[s]
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 9
וְרָחֲק֖וּve.ra.cha.Kuand they will be far away
Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to remove
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 10
מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ\׃me.va.le.'A.yikh[those who] swallowed up you
Lemma: בָּלַע (ba.la) · Strong's: H1104
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to swallow up
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 7:12, Exodus 15:12, Numbers 4:20, Numbers 16:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1104; TAHOT Isaiah 49:19 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| your ruined | → | חׇרְבָּה H2723 desolation |
| and desolate places | → | שָׁמֵם H8074G be desolate: destroyed |
| and your ravaged land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| . . . | → | הֲרִיסוּת H2035 ruins |
| will now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| indeed | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| be too small | → | יָצַר H3334 be distressed |
| for your people | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| and those who devoured you | → | בָּלַע H1104 to swallow up |
| will be far away | → | רָחַק H7368 to remove |
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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