Isaiah 64:2 Go deeper
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As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! (KJV)
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כִּקְדֹ֧חַkik.Do.achas kindles
Lemma: קָדַח (qa.dach) · Strong's: H6919
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to kindle
Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:22, Isaiah 50:11, Jeremiah 15:14, Jeremiah 17:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6919; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 1
אֵ֣שׁ'eshfire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 2
הֲמָסִ֗יםha.ma.Simbrushwood<s>
Lemma: הֶ֫מֶס (ha.mas) · Strong's: H2003
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: brushwood
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2003; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 3
מַ֚יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 4
תִּבְעֶה\־tiv.'eh-it boils
Lemma: בָּעָה (ba.ah) · Strong's: H1158
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to enquire
Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 21:12, Isaiah 30:13, Obadiah 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1158; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 5
אֵ֔שׁ'Eshfire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 6
לְהוֹדִ֥יעַle.ho.Di.a'to make known
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 7
שִׁמְךָ֖shim.Khaname your
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 8
לְצָרֶ֑יךָle.tza.Rei.khato opponents your
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 64:2 word 9
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָmi.pa.Nei.khafrom before you
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 10
גּוֹיִ֥םgo.Yimnations
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 64:2 word 11
יִרְגָּֽזוּ\׃yir.Ga.zuthey will quake
Lemma: רָגַז (ra.gaz) · Strong's: H7264
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to tremble
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 45:24, Exodus 15:14, Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 14:15, 1 Samuel 28:15, 2 Samuel 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7264; TAHOT Isaiah 64:2 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| as fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| kindles | → | קָדַח H6919 to kindle |
| the brushwood | → | הֶ֫מֶס H2003 brushwood |
| [and] | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| causes the water | → | מַי H4325G water |
| to boil | → | בָּעָה H1158 to enquire |
| to make Your name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| known | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| to Your enemies | → | צַר H6862C enemy |
| so that the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| will tremble | → | רָגַז H7264 to tremble |
| at Your presence | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
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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