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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. (KJV)
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וְעָמְד֣וּve.'a.me.Duand they will stand
Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to stand: stand
Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 1
זָרִ֔יםza.Rimstrangers
Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: be a stranger
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 2
וְרָע֖וּve.ra.'Uand they will shepherd
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to pasture
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 3
צֹאנְכֶ֑םtzon.Khemflock[s] your
Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: flock
Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 4
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: type of
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 17:27, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25, Judges 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121I; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 5
נֵכָ֔רne.Kharforeignness
Lemma: נֵכָר (ne.khar) · Strong's: H5236
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: foreign
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5236; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 6
אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם'i.ka.rei.Khem[will be] farmers your
Lemma: אִכָּר (ik.kar) · Strong's: H0406
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: farmer
Used 7 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 26:10, Jeremiah 14:4, Jeremiah 31:24, Jeremiah 51:23, Joel 1:11, Amos 5:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0406; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 7
וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם\׃ve.kho.re.mei.Khemand vinedressers your
Lemma: כָּרַם (ko.rem) · Strong's: H3755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: to tend vineyards
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Kings 25:12, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Jeremiah 52:16, Joel 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3755; TAHOT Isaiah 61:5 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Strangers | → | זוּר H2114A be a stranger |
| will stand | → | עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand |
| and feed | → | רָעָה H7462B to pasture |
| your flocks | → | צֹאן H6629G flock |
| and foreigners | → | בֵּן H1121I son: type of |
| . . . | → | נֵכָר H5236 foreign |
| will be your plowmen | → | אִכָּר H0406 farmer |
| and vinedressers | → | כָּרַם H3755 to tend vineyards |
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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