Isaiah 51:23 Go deeper
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But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. (KJV)
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וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ve.sam.Ti.haand I will put it
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 1
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 2
מוֹגַ֔יִךְmo.Ga.yikh[those who] torment you
Lemma: יָגָה (ya.gah) · Strong's: H3013
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVhrmpc)
Meaning: to suffer
Used 8 times. Also: Job 19:2, Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 1:12, Lamentations 3:32, Lamentations 3:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3013; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 3
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
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 51:23 word 4
אָמְר֥וּ'a.me.Ruthey said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 5
לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְle.naf.Shekhto self your
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 6
שְׁחִ֣יshe.Chilie down
Lemma: שָׁחָה (sha.chah) · Strong's: H7812
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to bow
Used 169 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:12, Genesis 24:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7812; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 7
וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָהve.na.'a.Vo.rahso let us pass over [you]
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 8
וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִיva.ta.Si.miand you made
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqw2fs)
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 51:23 word 9
כָאָ֙רֶץ֙kha.'A.retzlike the ground
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 10
גֵּוֵ֔ךְge.Vekhback your
Lemma: גֵּו (gev) · Strong's: H1460A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: back
Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 19:29, Proverbs 26:3, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 50:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1460A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 11
וְכַח֖וּץve.kha.Chutzand like the street
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 12
לַעֹבְרִֽים\׃\ \סla.'oe.Rimfor <the> [those who] pass over
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:23 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will place it | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| in the hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| of your tormentors | → | יָגָה H3013 to suffer |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| told | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| you | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| Lie down | → | שָׁחָה H7812 to bow |
| so we can walk over you | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| so that you made | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| your back | → | גֵּו H1460A back |
| like the ground | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil |
| like a street | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| to be traversed | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
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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