Isaiah 51:9 Go deeper
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (KJV)
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עוּרִ֨י'u.Riawake
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 1
עוּרִ֤י'u.Riawake
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 2
לִבְשִׁי\־liv.shi-put on
Lemma: לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) · Strong's: H3847
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
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 51:9 word 3
עֹז֙'ozstrength
Lemma: עֹז (oz) · Strong's: H5797
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: strength
Used 91 times. Also: Exodus 15:2, Exodus 15:13, Leviticus 26:19, Judges 5:21, Judges 9:51, 1 Samuel 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5797; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 4
זְר֣וֹעַze.Ro.a'O arm of
Lemma: זְרוֹעַ (ze.ro.a) · Strong's: H2220
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: arm
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 49:24, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:16, Numbers 6:19, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 5:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2220; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 5
יְהוָ֔הYah.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 51:9 word 6
ע֚וּרִי'U.riawake
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 7
כִּ֣ימֵיKi.meilike days of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 8
קֶ֔דֶםKe.demantiquity
Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: front: old
Used 32 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:27, 2 Kings 19:25, Nehemiah 12:46, Job 29:2, Psalms 44:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6924H; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 9
דֹּר֖וֹתdo.Rotgenerations of
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
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 51:9 word 10
עוֹלָמִ֑יםo.la.Mimantiquiti<es>
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: forever: antiquity
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 11
הֲל֥וֹאha.Lo'¿ 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 51:9 word 12
אַתְּ\־'at-[are] you
Lemma: אַתְּ (at.te) · Strong's: H0859C
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Feminine · Singular (HPp2fs)
Meaning: you(f.s.)
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 39:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859C; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 13
הִ֛יאhi'she
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 14
הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶתha.mach.Tze.vetwho cut in pieces
Lemma: חָצַב (cha.tsav) · Strong's: H2672
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrfsa)
Meaning: to hew
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:9, 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Kings 12:12, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Chronicles 22:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2672; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 15
רַ֖הַבRa.havRahab
Lemma: רַ֫הַב (ra.hav) · Strong's: H7294
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Rahab monster
Used 4 times. Also: Job 9:13, Job 26:12, Psalms 89:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7294; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 16
מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶתme.cho.Le.let[who] pierced
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HVprfsc)
Meaning: to bore
Used 7 times. Also: Job 26:13, Psalms 109:22, Proverbs 26:10, Isaiah 53:5, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 32:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490A; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 17
תַּנִּֽין\׃ta.Nin[the] sea monster
Lemma: תַּנִּין (tan.nin) · Strong's: H8577N
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: serpent: monster
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Job 7:12, Psalms 74:13, Psalms 148:7, Isaiah 27:1, Jeremiah 51:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8577N; TAHOT Isaiah 51:9 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Awake | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| awake | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| put on | → | לָבֵשׁ H3847 to clothe |
| strength | → | עֹז H5797 strength |
| O arm | → | זְרוֹעַ H2220 arm |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| Wake up | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| as in days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| past | → | קֶ֫דֶם H6924H front: old |
| as in generations | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| of old | → | עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity |
| Was it not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| You | → | אַתְּ H0859C you(f.s.) |
| who cut Rahab | → | רַ֫הַב H7294 Rahab monster |
| to pieces | → | חָצַב H2672 to hew |
| who pierced through | → | חָלַל H2490A to bore |
| the dragon | → | תַּנִּין H8577N serpent: monster |
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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