Isaiah 53:4 Go deeper
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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (KJV)
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אָכֵ֤ן'a.Khennevertheless
Lemma: אָכֵן (a.khen) · Strong's: H0403
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: surely
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 28:16, Exodus 2:14, 1 Samuel 15:32, 1 Kings 11:2, Job 32:8, Psalms 31:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0403; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 1
חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙cho.la.Ye.nusicknesses our
Lemma: חֳלִי (cho.li) · Strong's: H2483
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 53:4 word 2
ה֣וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
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 53:4 word 3
נָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'he bore
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 4
וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּu.makh.'o.Vei.nuand pains our
Lemma: מַכְאוֹב (makh.ov) · Strong's: H4341
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 53:4 word 5
סְבָלָ֑םse.va.Lamhe carried them
Lemma: סָבַל (sa.val) · Strong's: H5445
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to bear
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 49:15, Psalms 144:14, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 46:7, Isaiah 53:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5445; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 6
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand we
Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)
Meaning: we
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 7
חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּcha.shav.Nu.huwe considered him
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 8
נָג֛וּעַna.Gu.a'stricken
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 9
מֻכֵּ֥הmu.Kehstruck of
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVHsmsc)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 10
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 11
וּמְעֻנֶּֽה\׃u.me.'u.Nehand afflicted
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6031B
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)
Meaning: to afflict
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6031B; TAHOT Isaiah 53:4 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Surely | → | אָכֵן H0403 surely |
| He | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| took up | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| our infirmities | → | חֳלִי H2483 sickness |
| and carried | → | סָבַל H5445 to bear |
| our sorrows | → | מַכְאוֹב H4341 pain |
| yet we | → | אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we |
| considered Him | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| stricken | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| struck down | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| by God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| and afflicted | → | עָנָה H6031B to afflict |
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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