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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (KJV)
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וַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּva.'a.shi.Te.huand I will make it
Lemma: שִׁית (shit) · Strong's: H7896G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 30:40, Genesis 41:33, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 23:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7896G; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 1
בָתָ֗הva.Taha desolation
Lemma: בָּתָה (ba.tah) · Strong's: H1326
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: waste
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1326; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 2
לֹ֤אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 3
יִזָּמֵר֙yi.za.Merit will be pruned
Lemma: זָמַר (za.mar) · Strong's: H2168
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to prune
Used 3 times. Also: Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2168; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 4
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 5
יֵעָדֵ֔רye.'a.Derit will be hoed
Lemma: עָדַר (a.dar) · Strong's: H5737B
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to hoe
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 7:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5737B; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 6
וְעָלָ֥הve.'a.Lahand it will grow up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 7
שָׁמִ֖ירsha.Mirthorn[s]
Lemma: שָׁמִיר (sha.mir) · Strong's: H8068
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: thorn
Used 11 times. Also: Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 7:24, Isaiah 7:25, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 10:17, Isaiah 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8068; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 8
וָשָׁ֑יִתva.Sha.yitand bush[es]
Lemma: שַׁ֫יִת (sha.yit) · Strong's: H7898
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: thornbush
Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 7:24, Isaiah 7:25, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 10:17, Isaiah 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7898; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 9
וְעַ֤לve.'Aland to
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 10
הֶעָבִים֙he.'a.Vimthe clouds
Lemma: עָב (av) · Strong's: H5645
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cloud
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 19:9, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 22:12, 2 Samuel 23:4, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5645; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 11
אֲצַוֶּ֔ה'a.tza.VehI will command
Lemma: צָוָה (tsa.vah) · Strong's: H6680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to command
Used 491 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6680; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 12
מֵהַמְטִ֥ירme.ham.Tirfrom raining
Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4305
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to rain
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 16:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4305; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 13
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 14
מָטָֽר\׃ma.Tarrain
Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4306
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rain
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34, Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4306; TAHOT Isaiah 5:6 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will make | → | שִׁית H7896G to set: make |
| it a wasteland | → | בָּתָה H1326 waste |
| neither | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| pruned | → | זָמַר H2168 to prune |
| nor | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| cultivated | → | עָדַר H5737B to hoe |
| and thorns | → | שַׁ֫יִת H7898 thornbush |
| and briers | → | שָׁמִיר H8068 thorn |
| will grow up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| I will command | → | צָוָה H6680 to command |
| the clouds | → | עָב H5645 cloud |
| that rain | → | מָטַר H4306 rain |
| shall not fall | → | מָטַר H4305 to rain |
| on it | → | עַל H5921A upon |
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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