Isaiah 5:28 Go deeper
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Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: (KJV)
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אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 1
חִצָּיו֙chi.Tzavarrows its
Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: arrow
Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 2
שְׁנוּנִ֔יםshe.nu.Nim[are] sharpened
Lemma: שָׁנַן (sha.nan) · Strong's: H8150
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)
Meaning: to sharpen
Used 9 times. Also: Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 32:41, Psalms 45:5, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 73:21, Psalms 120:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8150; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 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 5:28 word 4
קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יוka.she.to.Tavbows its
Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: bow
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 5
דְּרֻכ֑וֹתde.ru.Khot[are] bent
Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsfpa)
Meaning: to tread
Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 6
פַּרְס֤וֹתpar.Sot[the] hooves of
Lemma: פַּרְסָה (par.sah) · Strong's: H6541
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: hoof
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 10:26, Leviticus 11:3, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:5, Leviticus 11:6, Leviticus 11:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6541; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 7
סוּסָיו֙su.Savhorses its
Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: horse
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 8
כַּצַּ֣רka.Tzarlike <the> flint
Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862D
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: hard
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6862D; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 9
נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּnech.Sha.vuthey are regarded
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 10
וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוve.gal.gi.Lavand wheels its
Lemma: גַּלְגַּל (gal.gal) · Strong's: H1534
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: wheel
Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 77:18, Psalms 83:13, Ecclesiastes 12:6, Isaiah 17:13, Jeremiah 47:3, Ezekiel 10:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1534; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 11
כַּסּוּפָֽה\׃ka.su.Fahlike <the> storm-wind
Lemma: סוּפָה (su.phah) · Strong's: H5492A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: whirlwind
Used 15 times. Also: Job 21:18, Job 27:20, Job 37:9, Psalms 83:15, Proverbs 1:27, Proverbs 10:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5492A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:28 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their arrows | → | חֵץ H2671 arrow |
| are sharpened | → | שָׁנַן H8150 to sharpen |
| and all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| their bows | → | קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow |
| are strung | → | דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread |
| The hooves | → | פַּרְסָה H6541 hoof |
| of their horses | → | סוּס H5483M horse |
| are like flint | → | צַר H6862D hard |
| . . . | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| their chariot wheels | → | גַּלְגַּל H1534 wheel |
| [are] like a whirlwind | → | סוּפָה H5492A whirlwind |
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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