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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (KJV)

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כִּ֣יkifor

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 57:16 word 1

לֹ֤אlo'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 57:16 word 2

לְעוֹלָם֙le.'o.Lamfor ever

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: forever: enduring

Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 3

אָרִ֔יב'a.RivI will conduct a case

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to contend

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 4

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 57:16 word 5

לָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuity

Lemma: נֵ֫צַח (ne.tsach) · Strong's: H5331

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: perpetuity

Used 43 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 2:26, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 4:20, Job 14:20, Job 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5331; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 6

אֶקְּצ֑וֹף'e.ke.TzofI will be angry

Lemma: קָצַף (qa.tsaph) · Strong's: H7107

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: be angry

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 40:2, Genesis 41:10, Exodus 16:20, Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 10:16, Numbers 16:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7107; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 7

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 57:16 word 8

ר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achspirit

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 45:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307G; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 9

מִלְּפָנַ֣יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before me

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 10

יַֽעֲט֔וֹףya.'a.Tofit will grow faint

Lemma: עָטַף (a.taph) · Strong's: H5848C

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to enfeeble

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 30:42, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 102:0, Psalms 107:5, Psalms 142:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5848C; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 11

וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹתu.ne.sha.Motand breaths

Lemma: נְשָׁמָה (ne.sha.mah) · Strong's: H5397

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: breath

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 7:22, Deuteronomy 20:16, Joshua 10:40, Joshua 11:11, Joshua 11:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5397; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 12

אֲנִ֥י'a.Ni[which] I

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 13

עָשִֽׂיתִי\׃'a.Si.tiI made

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Isaiah 57:16 word 14

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
I will not	→	לֹא H3808 not
accuse you forever	→	רִיב H7378 to contend
. . .	→	עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring
nor will I	→	לֹא H3808 not
always	→	נֵ֫צַח H5331 perpetuity
be angry	→	קָצַף H7107 be angry
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
then the spirit [of man]	→	רוּחַ H7307G spirit
would grow weak	→	עָטַף H5848C to enfeeble
before Me	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
the breath of life	→	נְשָׁמָה H5397 breath
I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
have made	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make

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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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