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Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, (KJV)
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וָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.Marand I said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 1
עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 2
מָתַ֖יma.Taiwhen?
Lemma: מָתַי (ma.tay) · Strong's: H4970
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 30:30, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:7, Numbers 14:27, 1 Samuel 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4970; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 3
אֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiO Lord
Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Lord
Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 4
וַיֹּ֡אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 5
עַ֣ד'aduntil
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 6
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 7
אִם\־'im-<if>
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518J
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: until
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:19, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 44:23, Genesis 47:18, Numbers 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518J; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 8
שָׁא֨וּsha.'Uthey have lain desolate
Lemma: שָׁאָה (sha.ah) · Strong's: H7582
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to crash
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:25, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 37:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7582; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 9
עָרִ֜ים'a.Rimcities
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 6:11 word 10
מֵאֵ֣יןme.'Einfrom not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 11
יוֹשֵׁ֗בyo.Shevinhabitant
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
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 6:11 word 12
וּבָתִּים֙u.va.Timand houses
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 13
מֵאֵ֣יןme.'Einfrom not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 14
אָדָ֔ם'a.Damanyone
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 15
וְהָאֲדָמָ֖הve.ha.'a.da.Mahand the ground
Lemma: אֲדָמָה (a.da.mah) · Strong's: H0127G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0127G; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 16
תִּשָּׁאֶ֥הti.sha.'Ehit will be devastated
Lemma: שָׁאָה (sha.ah) · Strong's: H7582
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)
Meaning: to crash
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:25, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 37:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7582; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 17
שְׁמָמָֽה\׃she.ma.Maha desolation
Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: devastation
Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 17:9, Isaiah 64:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Isaiah 6:11 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then I asked | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| How long | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | מָתַי H4970 how |
| O Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| And He replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| the cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| lie ruined | → | שָׁאָה H7582 to crash |
| and without | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| inhabitant | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| until the houses | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| are left unoccupied | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| . . . | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| and the land | → | אֲדָמָה H0127G land: soil |
| is desolate | → | שָׁאָה H7582 to crash |
| and ravaged | → | שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation |
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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