Isaiah 55:6 Go deeper

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (KJV)

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דִּרְשׁ֥וּdir.Shuseek

Lemma: דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) · Strong's: H1875

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to seek

Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 18:15, Leviticus 10:16, Deuteronomy 4:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1875; TAHOT Isaiah 55:6 word 1

יְהוָ֖הYah.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 55:6 word 2

בְּהִמָּצְא֑וֹbe.hi.ma.tze.'Owhen he lets be found himself

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Isaiah 55:6 word 3

קְרָאֻ֖הוּke.ra.'U.hucall on him

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to call: call to

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Isaiah 55:6 word 4

בִּֽהְיוֹת֥וֹbih.yo.Towhen is he

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

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 55:6 word 5

קָרֽוֹב\׃ka.Rovnear

Lemma: קָרֹב (qa.rov) · Strong's: H7138

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: near

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 19:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 32:27, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7138; TAHOT Isaiah 55:6 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Seek	→	דָּרַשׁ H1875 to seek
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
while He may be found	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
call on Him	→	קָרָא H7121G to call: call to
while He is	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
near	→	קָרֹב H7138 near

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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