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For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 1
כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙kha.Be.gedlike <the> garment
Lemma: בֶּ֫גֶד (be.ged) · Strong's: H0899B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: garment
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:27, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 38:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0899B; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 2
יֹאכְלֵ֣םyokh.Lemit will eat them
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 3
עָ֔שׁ'Ashmoth
Lemma: עָשׁ (ash) · Strong's: H6211A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: moth
Used 7 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 13:28, Job 27:18, Psalms 39:11, Isaiah 50:9, Hosea 5:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6211A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 4
וְכַצֶּ֖מֶרve.kha.Tze.merand like <the> wool
Lemma: צֶ֫מֶר (tse.mer) · Strong's: H6785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wool
Used 16 times. Also: Leviticus 13:47, Leviticus 13:48, Leviticus 13:52, Leviticus 13:59, Deuteronomy 22:11, Judges 6:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6785; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 5
יֹאכְלֵ֣םyokh.Lemit will eat them
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 6
סָ֑סSasclothes-moth
Lemma: סָ֑ס (sas) · Strong's: H5580
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: moth
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5580; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 7
וְצִדְקָתִי֙ve.tzid.ka.Tiand righteousness my
Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 8
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lamfor ever
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 9
תִּֽהְיֶ֔הtih.Yehit will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
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 51:8 word 10
וִישׁוּעָתִ֖יvi.shu.'a.Tiand salvation my
Lemma: יְשׁוּעָה (ye.shu.ah) · Strong's: H3444
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: salvation
Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Samuel 2:1, 1 Samuel 14:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3444; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 11
לְד֥וֹרle.Dorto a generation of
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 12
דּוֹרִֽים\׃\ \סdo.Rimgenerations
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Isaiah 51:8 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the moth | → | עָשׁ H6211A moth |
| will devour them | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| like a garment | → | בֶּ֫גֶד H0899B garment |
| and the worm | → | סָ֑ס H5580 moth |
| will eat them | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| like wool | → | צֶ֫מֶר H6785 wool |
| But My righteousness | → | צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness |
| will last forever | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| . . . | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
| My salvation | → | יְשׁוּעָה H3444 salvation |
| through all generations | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| . . . | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
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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