Isaiah 54:3 Go deeper
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For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. (KJV)
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כִּי\־ki-for
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 54:3 word 1
יָמִ֥יןya.Minright
Lemma: יָמִין (ya.min) · Strong's: H3225G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: right
Used 123 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Genesis 48:17, Genesis 48:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3225G; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 2
וּשְׂמֹ֖אולu.se.Moland left
Lemma: שְׂמֹאל (se.mo.l) · Strong's: H8040G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: left
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8040G; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 3
תִּפְרֹ֑צִיtif.Ro.tziyou will spread out
Lemma: פָּרַץ (pa.rats) · Strong's: H6555
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqi2fs)
Meaning: to break through
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 28:14, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 38:29, Exodus 1:12, Exodus 19:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6555; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 4
וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ve.zar.'eKhand offspring your
Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: seed: children
Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 5
גּוֹיִ֣םgo.Yimnations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 6
יִירָ֔שׁyi.Rashhe will take possession of
Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to possess: take
Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 7
וְעָרִ֥יםve.'a.Rimand cities
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 8
נְשַׁמּ֖וֹתne.sha.Motdesolated
Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074G
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrfpa)
Meaning: be desolate: destroyed
Used 56 times. Also: Leviticus 26:22, Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8074G; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 9
יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ\׃yo.Shi.vuthey will cause to be inhabited
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Isaiah 54:3 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you will spread out | → | פָּרַץ H6555 to break through |
| to the right | → | יָמִין H3225G right |
| and left | → | שְׂמֹאל H8040G left |
| your descendants | → | זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children |
| will dispossess | → | יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take |
| the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| and inhabit | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| the desolate | → | שָׁמֵם H8074G be desolate: destroyed |
| cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
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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