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The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. (KJV)

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לְבֵנִ֥יםle.ve.Nimbricks

Lemma: לְבֵנָה (le.ve.nah) · Strong's: H3843

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: brick

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:16, Exodus 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3843; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 1

נָפָ֖לוּna.Fa.luthey have fallen

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

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 9:10 word 2

וְגָזִ֣יתve.ga.Zitand hewn [stone]

Lemma: גָּזִית (ga.zit) · Strong's: H1496

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

Meaning: cutting

Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 20:25, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 7:9, 1 Kings 7:11, 1 Kings 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1496; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 3

נִבְנֶ֑הniv.Nehwe will rebuild

Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to build

Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 4

שִׁקְמִ֣יםshik.Mimsycamores

Lemma: שִׁקְמָה (shiq.mah) · Strong's: H8256

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: sycamore

Used 7 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:27, 1 Chronicles 27:28, 2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Psalms 78:47, Amos 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8256; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 5

גֻּדָּ֔עוּgu.Da.'uthey have been cut down

Lemma: גָּדַע (ga.da) · Strong's: H1438

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVPp3cp)

Meaning: to cut down/off

Used 22 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 12:3, Judges 21:6, 1 Samuel 2:31, 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 31:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1438; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 6

וַאֲרָזִ֖יםva.'a.ra.Zimand cedars

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) · Strong's: H0730

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: cedar

Used 73 times. Also: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0730; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 7

נַחֲלִֽיף\׃na.cha.Lifwe will substitute

Lemma: חָלַף (cha.laph) · Strong's: H2498

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVhi1cp)

Meaning: to pass

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 41:14, Leviticus 27:10, Judges 5:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2498; TAHOT Isaiah 9:10 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

The bricks	→	לְבֵנָה H3843 brick
have fallen	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
but we will rebuild	→	בָּנָה H1129 to build
with finished stone	→	גָּזִית H1496 cutting
the sycamores	→	שִׁקְמָה H8256 sycamore
have been felled	→	גָּדַע H1438 to cut down/off
but we will replace them	→	חָלַף H2498 to pass
with cedars	→	אֶ֫רֶז H0730 cedar

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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