Isaiah 50:3 Go deeper

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (KJV)

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אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ'al.BishI clothe

Lemma: לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) · Strong's: H3847

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to clothe

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 38:19, Genesis 41:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3847; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 1

שָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavens

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

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

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 2

קַדְר֑וּתkad.Rutdarkness

Lemma: קַדְרוּת (qad.rut) · Strong's: H6940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: darkness

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6940; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 3

וְשַׂ֖קve.Sakand sackcloth

Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sackcloth

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 4

אָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimI make

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 5

כְּסוּתָֽם\׃\ \סke.su.Tamcovering their

Lemma: כְּסוּת (ke.sut) · Strong's: H3682

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: covering

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Exodus 21:10, Deuteronomy 22:12, Job 24:7, Job 26:6, Job 31:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3682; TAHOT Isaiah 50:3 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

I clothe	→	לָבֵשׁ H3847 to clothe
the heavens	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
in black	→	קַדְרוּת H6940 darkness
and make	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
sackcloth	→	שַׂק H8242 sackcloth
their covering	→	כְּסוּת H3682 covering

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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