Isaiah 8:15 Go deeper
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And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. (KJV)
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וְכָ֥שְׁלוּve.Kha.she.luand they will stumble
Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to stumble
Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 1
רַבִּ֑יםra.Bimmany [people]
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 2
וְנָפְל֣וּve.na.fe.Luand they will fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 3
וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּve.nish.Ba.ruand they will be broken
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 4
וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּve.nok.Shuand they will be ensnared
Lemma: יָקֹשׁ (ya.qosh) · Strong's: H3369
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to snare
Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:25, Psalms 124:7, Psalms 141:9, Proverbs 6:2, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Isaiah 28:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3369; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 5
וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ\׃\ \סve.nil.Ka.duand they will be captured
Lemma: לָכַד (la.khad) · Strong's: H3920
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to capture
Used 121 times. Also: Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3920; TAHOT Isaiah 8:15 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Many | → | רַב H7227A many |
| will stumble | → | כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble |
| over these | → | |
| they will fall | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| and be broken | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| they will be ensnared | → | יָקֹשׁ H3369 to snare |
| and captured | → | לָכַד H3920 to capture |
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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