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He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (KJV)
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נִבְזֶה֙niv.Zeh[he was] despised
Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to despise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 25:34, Numbers 15:31, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:42, 2 Samuel 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0959; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 1
וַחֲדַ֣לva.cha.Daland rejected of
Lemma: חָדֵל (cha.del) · Strong's: H2310
Parsing: Aamsc (Aamsc)
Meaning: rejected/fleeting
Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 39:4, Ezekiel 3:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2310; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 2
אִישִׁ֔ים'i.Shimpeople
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 3
אִ֥ישׁ'isha man of
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 4
מַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakh.'o.Votpains
Lemma: מַכְאוֹב (makh.ov) · Strong's: H4341
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: pain
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 3:7, 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 33:19, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 38:17, Psalms 69:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4341; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 5
וִיד֣וּעַvi.Du.a'and a [man] acquainted of
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqsmsc)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 6
חֹ֑לִיCho.lisickness
Lemma: חֳלִי (cho.li) · Strong's: H2483
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sickness
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, 1 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2483; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 7
וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤רu.khe.mas.Terand like a hiding of
Lemma: מַסְתֵּר (mas.ter) · Strong's: H4564
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: hiding
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4564; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 8
פָּנִים֙pa.Nimface
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 9
מִמֶּ֔נּוּmi.Me.nufrom him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 10
נִבְזֶ֖הniv.Zeh[he was] despised
Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to despise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 25:34, Numbers 15:31, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:42, 2 Samuel 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0959; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 11
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and 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 53:3 word 12
חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ\׃cha.shav.Nu.huwe valued him
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)
Meaning: to devise: count
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 31:15, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803H; TAHOT Isaiah 53:3 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He was despised | → | בָּזָה H0959 to despise |
| and rejected | → | חָדֵל H2310 rejected/fleeting |
| by men | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| a man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| of sorrows | → | מַכְאוֹב H4341 pain |
| acquainted | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| with grief | → | חֳלִי H2483 sickness |
| Like one from whom men hide | → | מַסְתֵּר H4564 hiding |
| . . . | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| their faces | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| He was despised | → | בָּזָה H0959 to despise |
| and we esteemed Him | → | חָשַׁב H2803H to devise: count |
| not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
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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