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For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (KJV)
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כִּ֣יkifor
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 7:8 word 1
רֹ֤אשׁrosh[is] [the] head of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: leader
Used 177 times. Also: Exodus 6:14, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218H; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 2
אֲרָם֙'a.RamAram
Lemma: אֲרָם (a.ram) · Strong's: H0758I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Syria
Used 120 times. Also: Judges 10:6, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0758I; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 3
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקda.Me.sekDamascus
Lemma: דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק (dam.me.seq) · Strong's: H1834
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Damascus
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 14:15, Genesis 15:2, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 11:24, 1 Kings 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1834; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 4
וְרֹ֥אשׁve.Roshand [is] [the] head of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: leader
Used 177 times. Also: Exodus 6:14, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218H; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 5
דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקda.Me.sekDamascus
Lemma: דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק (dam.me.seq) · Strong's: H1834
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Damascus
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 14:15, Genesis 15:2, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 11:24, 1 Kings 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1834; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 6
רְצִ֑יןre.TzinRezin
Lemma: רְצִין (re.tsin) · Strong's: H7526G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Rezin
Used 9 times. Also: 2 Kings 15:37, 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Kings 16:9, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7526G; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 7
וּבְע֗וֹדu.ve.'odand in yet
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 8
שִׁשִּׁ֤יםshi.Shimsixty
Lemma: שִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) · Strong's: H8346
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:21, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8346; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 9
וְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.Meshand five
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 10
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 11
יֵחַ֥תye.Chatit will be shattered
Lemma: חָתַת (cha.tat) · Strong's: H2865
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to to be dismayed
Used 52 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:21, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 10:25, 1 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2865; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 12
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Isaiah 7:8 word 13
מֵעָֽם\׃me.'Amfrom a people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 7:8 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218H head: leader |
| of Aram | → | אֲרָם H0758I Syria |
| is Damascus | → | דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק H1834 Damascus |
| [and] the head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218H head: leader |
| of Damascus | → | דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק H1834 Damascus |
| is Rezin | → | רְצִין H7526G Rezin |
| Within | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| sixty-five | → | שִׁשִּׁים H8346 sixty |
| . . . | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| will be shattered | → | חָתַת H2865 to to be dismayed |
| as a people | → | עַם H5971A people |
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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