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In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. , etc (KJV)
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בְּאָזְנָ֖יbe.'a.ze.Naiin ears my
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: ear: hearing
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 23:16, Exodus 10:2, Exodus 11:2, Exodus 24:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241H; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 1
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 2
צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: Hosts
Used 285 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635B; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 3
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518I
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely yes
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 24:38, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518I; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 4
לֹ֞אlo'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 5:9 word 5
בָּתִּ֤יםba.Timhouses
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 6
רַבִּים֙ra.Bimmany
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 7
לְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.Mah<into> a waste
Lemma: שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) · Strong's: H8047G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: horror: destroyed
Used 22 times. Also: 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 30:7, Psalms 46:8, Psalms 73:19, Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8047G; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 8
יִֽהְי֔וּyih.Yuthey will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 9
גְּדֹלִ֥יםge.do.Limgreat [houses]
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 10
וְטוֹבִ֖יםve.to.Vimand good [houses]
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 11
מֵאֵ֥יןme.'Einfrom not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 5:9 word 12
יוֹשֵֽׁב\׃yo.Shevinhabitant
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 5:9 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I heard | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241H ear: hearing |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| of Hosts {declare} | → | צָבָא H6635B Hosts |
| Surely | → | אִם H0518I if: surely yes |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| many | → | רַב H7227A many |
| houses | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| will become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| desolate | → | שַׁמָּה H8047G horror: destroyed |
| great mansions | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| . . . | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| left unoccupied | → | 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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