Isaiah 5:17 Go deeper

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. (KJV)

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וְרָע֥וּve.ra.'Uand they will graze

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to pasture

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 1

כְבָשִׂ֖יםkhe.va.Simlambs

Lemma: כֶּ֫בֶשׂ (ke.ve.s) · Strong's: H3532

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

Meaning: lamb

Used 107 times. Also: Exodus 12:5, Exodus 29:38, Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, Exodus 29:41, Leviticus 4:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3532; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 2

כְּדָבְרָ֑םke.da.ve.Ramlike own pasture their

Lemma: דֹּ֫בֶר (do.ver) · Strong's: H1699A

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

Meaning: pasture

Used 2 times. Also: Micah 2:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1699A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 3

וְחָרְב֥וֹתve.cha.re.Votand [the] ruins of

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 5:17 word 4

מֵחִ֖יםme.Chimfatlings

Lemma: מֵחַ (me.ach) · Strong's: H4220

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

Meaning: fatling

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 66:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4220; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 5

גָּרִ֥יםga.Rimsojourners

Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to sojourn

Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 6

יֹאכֵֽלוּ\׃yo.Khe.luthey will eat

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Isaiah 5:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Lambs	→	כֶּ֫בֶשׂ H3532 lamb
will graze	→	רָעָה H7462B to pasture
as in their own pastures	→	דֹּ֫בֶר H1699A pasture
and strangers	→	גּוּר H1481A to sojourn
will feed	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
in the ruins	→	חׇרְבָּה H2723 desolation
of the wealthy	→	מֵחַ H4220 fatling

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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