Isaiah 63:18 Go deeper
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The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. (KJV)
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לַמִּצְעָ֕רla.mitz.'Arfor <the> little while
Lemma: מִצְעָר (mits.ar) · Strong's: H4705
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: little
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 19:20, 2 Chronicles 24:24, Job 8:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4705; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 1
יָרְשׁ֖וּya.re.Shuthey possessed
Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to possess: possess
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 15:3, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 21:10, Leviticus 25:46, Numbers 27:11, Numbers 36:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3423G; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 2
עַם\־'am-[the] people of
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 3
קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָkod.She.chaholiness your
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 4
צָרֵ֕ינוּtza.Rei.nuopponents our
Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: enemy
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Numbers 10:9, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:27, Deuteronomy 32:41, Deuteronomy 32:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6862C; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 5
בּוֹסְס֖וּbo.Suthey have trodden down
Lemma: בּוּס (bus) · Strong's: H0947
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to trample
Used 12 times. Also: Psalms 44:5, Psalms 60:12, Psalms 108:13, Proverbs 27:7, Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 14:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0947; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 6
מִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ\׃mik.da.She.chasanctuary your
Lemma: מִקְדָּשׁ (miq.dash) · Strong's: H4720
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sanctuary
Used 75 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Exodus 25:8, Leviticus 12:4, Leviticus 16:33, Leviticus 19:30, Leviticus 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4720; TAHOT Isaiah 63:18 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For a short while | → | מִצְעָר H4705 little |
| Your people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| possessed | → | יָרַשׁ H3423G to possess: possess |
| Your holy place | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
| but our enemies | → | צַר H6862C enemy |
| have trampled | → | בּוּס H0947 to trample |
| Your sanctuary | → | מִקְדָּשׁ H4720 sanctuary |
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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