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To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. (KJV)

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לְתוֹרָ֖הle.to.Rahto [the] instruction

Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: instruction

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 1

וְלִתְעוּדָ֑הve.lit.'u.Dahand to [the] testimony

Lemma: תְּעוּדָה (te.u.dah) · Strong's: H8584

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: testimony

Used 3 times. Also: Ruth 4:7, Isaiah 8:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8584; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 2

אִם\־'im-if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 3

לֹ֤אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 4

יֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.Ruthey will speak

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 5

כַּדָּבָ֣רka.da.Varaccording to the manner

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697O

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: Chronicles

Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 18:25, Genesis 32:19, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:7, Deuteronomy 4:32, Deuteronomy 13:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697O; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 6

הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> this

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 7

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherthat

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 8

אֵֽין\־'ein-not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 9

שָֽׁחַר\׃Sha.chardawn

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7837

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dawn

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 32:26, Joshua 6:15, Judges 19:25, 1 Samuel 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7837; TAHOT Isaiah 8:20 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

To the law	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction
and to the testimony	→	תְּעוּדָה H8584 testimony
If	→	אִם H0518A if
they do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
speak	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
according to this	→	זֶה H2088 this
word	→	דָּבָר H1697O Chronicles
they have no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
light of dawn	→	שַׁ֫חַר H7837 dawn

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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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