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For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־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 60:12 word 1
הַגּ֧וֹיha.Goythe nation
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 60:12 word 2
וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֛הve.ha.mam.la.Khahand the kingdom
Lemma: מַמְלָכָה (mam.la.khah) · Strong's: H4467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: kingdom
Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 20:9, Exodus 19:6, Numbers 32:33, Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4467; TAHOT Isaiah 60:12 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
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 60:12 word 4
לֹא\־lo'-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 60:12 word 5
יַעַבְד֖וּךְya.'av.Dukhthey will serve you
Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to serve
Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Isaiah 60:12 word 6
יֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duthey will perish
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Isaiah 60:12 word 7
וְהַגּוֹיִ֖םve.ha.go.Yimand the nations
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 60:12 word 8
חָרֹ֥בcha.Rocertainly <to be desolate>
Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 20 times. Also: Judges 16:24, 2 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 49:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2717B; TAHOT Isaiah 60:12 word 9
יֶחֱרָֽבוּ\׃ye.che.Ra.vuthey will become desolate
Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 20 times. Also: Judges 16:24, 2 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 49:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2717B; TAHOT Isaiah 60:12 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 |
| the nation | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| or kingdom | → | מַמְלָכָה H4467 kingdom |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| serve you | → | עָבַד H5647G to serve |
| will perish | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| [it] | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| will be utterly destroyed | → | חָרֵב H2717B to destroy |
| . . . | → | חָרֵב H2717B to destroy |
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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