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These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? (KJV)

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שְׁתַּ֤יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo [things]

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 1

הֵ֙נָּה֙he.nahthey

Lemma: הֵנָּה (hen.nah) · Strong's: H2007

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Plural (HPp3fp)

Meaning: they(fem.)

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 33:6, Genesis 41:26, Genesis 41:27, Exodus 1:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2007; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 2

קֹֽרְאֹתַ֔יִךְko.re.'o.Ta.yikh[have] happened to you

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7122I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HVqrfpc)

Meaning: to encounter: chanced

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 49:1, Exodus 1:10, Leviticus 10:19, Deuteronomy 22:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7122I; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 3

מִ֖יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 4

יָנ֣וּדya.Nuddoes he show sympathy

Lemma: נוּד (nud) · Strong's: H5110

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to wander

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, 1 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 21:8, Job 2:11, Job 42:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5110; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 5

הַשֹּׁ֧דha.Shodthe devastation

Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7701

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

Meaning: violence

Used 25 times. Also: Job 5:21, Job 5:22, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 24:2, Isaiah 13:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7701; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 6

וְהַשֶּׁ֛בֶרve.ha.She.verand the destruction

Lemma: שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) · Strong's: H7667

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

Meaning: breaking

Used 45 times. Also: Leviticus 21:19, Leviticus 22:22, Leviticus 24:20, Judges 7:15, Job 41:25, Psalms 60:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7667; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 7

וְהָרָעָ֥בve.ha.ra.'Avand the famine

Lemma: רָעָב (ra.av) · Strong's: H7458

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

Meaning: famine

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 41:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7458; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 8

וְהַחֶ֖רֶבve.ha.Che.revand the sword

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

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

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 9

מִ֥יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 10

אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ\׃'a.na.cha.Mekhdo I comfort you

Lemma: נָחַם (na.cham) · Strong's: H5162G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)

Meaning: to be sorry: comfort

Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 27:42, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5162G; TAHOT Isaiah 51:19 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

These	→	הֵנָּה H2007 they(fem.)
pairs	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
have befallen	→	קָרָא H7122I to encounter: chanced
you	→
devastation	→	שֹׁד H7701 violence
and destruction	→	שֶׁ֫בֶר H7667 breaking
famine	→	רָעָב H7458 famine
and sword	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword
Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
will grieve for you	→	נוּד H5110 to wander
Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can comfort you	→	נָחַם H5162G to be sorry: comfort

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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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