Isaiah 49:20 Go deeper
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The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. (KJV)
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ע֚וֹדodyet
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 1
יֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.Ruthey will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 2
בְאָזְנַ֔יִךְve.'a.ze.Na.yikhin ears your
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: ear
Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 3
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] children of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 4
שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְshi.ku.La.yikhbereavement<s> your
Lemma: שִׁכֻּלִים (shik.ku.lim) · Strong's: H7923
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: bereavement
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7923; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 5
צַר\־tzar-it is cramped
Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: narrow
Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 22:26, 1 Samuel 2:32, 2 Kings 6:1, Job 41:15, Proverbs 23:27, Proverbs 24:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6862A; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 6
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe place
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 7
גְּשָׁה\־ge.shah-draw near !
Lemma: נָגַשׁ (na.gash) · Strong's: H5066G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to approach: approach
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 27:21, Genesis 27:22, Genesis 27:26, Genesis 27:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5066G; TAHOT Isaiah 49:20 word 8
וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה\׃ve.'e.She.vahso let me dwell
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
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 49:20 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Yet | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| the children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of your bereavement | → | שִׁכֻּלִים H7923 bereavement |
| will say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| in your hearing | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear |
| This place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| is too small for us | → | צַר H6862A narrow |
| make room | → | נָגַשׁ H5066G to approach: approach |
| for us | → | |
| to live here | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
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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