Isaiah 9:18 Go deeper

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For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

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 9:18 word 1

בָעֲרָ֤הva.'a.Rahit has burned

Lemma: בָּעַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1197A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to burn: burn

Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 35:3, Leviticus 6:12, Numbers 11:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1197A; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 2

כָאֵשׁ֙kha.'Eshlike <the> fire

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 9:18 word 3

רִשְׁעָ֔הrish.'Ahwickedness

Lemma: רִשְׁעָה (rish.ah) · Strong's: H7564

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

Meaning: wickedness

Used 15 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5, Deuteronomy 25:2, Proverbs 11:5, Proverbs 13:6, Ezekiel 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7564; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 4

שָׁמִ֥ירsha.Mirthorn[s]

Lemma: שָׁמִיר (sha.mir) · Strong's: H8068

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

Meaning: thorn

Used 11 times. Also: Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 7:24, Isaiah 7:25, Isaiah 10:17, Isaiah 27:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8068; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 5

וָשַׁ֖יִתva.Sha.yitand bush[es]

Lemma: שַׁ֫יִת (sha.yit) · Strong's: H7898

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

Meaning: thornbush

Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 7:24, Isaiah 7:25, Isaiah 10:17, Isaiah 27:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7898; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 6

תֹּאכֵ֑לto.Khelit consumes

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 7

וַתִּצַּת֙va.ti.Tzatand it has kindled

Lemma: יָצַת (ya.tsat) · Strong's: H3341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to kindle

Used 27 times. Also: Joshua 8:8, Joshua 8:19, Judges 9:49, 2 Samuel 14:30, 2 Samuel 14:31, 2 Kings 22:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3341; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 8

בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣יbe.siv.Khei<in> [the] thickets of

Lemma: סְבַךְ (se.vakh) · Strong's: H5442

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: thicket

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Psalms 74:5, Isaiah 10:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5442; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 9

הַיַּ֔עַרhai.Ya.'arthe forest

Lemma: יַ֫עַר (ya.ar) · Strong's: H3293A

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

Meaning: wood

Used 48 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:5, Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:18, 1 Samuel 22:5, 2 Samuel 18:8, 2 Samuel 18:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3293A; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 10

וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּvai.yit.'a.be.Khuand they have swirled

Lemma: אָבַךְ (a.vakh) · Strong's: H0055

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVtw3mp)

Meaning: to roll up

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0055; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 11

גֵּא֥וּתge.'Uta rising up of

Lemma: גֵּאוּת (ge.ut) · Strong's: H1348

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: majesty

Used 8 times. Also: Psalms 17:10, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 93:1, Isaiah 12:5, Isaiah 26:10, Isaiah 28:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1348; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 12

עָשָֽׁן\׃'a.Shansmoke

Lemma: עָשָׁן (a.shan) · Strong's: H6227

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

Meaning: smoke

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Exodus 19:18, Joshua 8:20, Joshua 8:21, Judges 20:38, Judges 20:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6227; TAHOT Isaiah 9:18 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
wickedness	→	רִשְׁעָה H7564 wickedness
burns	→	בָּעַר H1197A to burn: burn
like a fire	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire
that consumes	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
the thorns	→	שַׁ֫יִת H7898 thornbush
and briers	→	שָׁמִיר H8068 thorn
and kindles	→	יָצַת H3341 to kindle
the forest	→	יַ֫עַר H3293A wood
thickets	→	סְבַךְ H5442 thicket
which roll upward	→	אָבַךְ H0055 to roll up
in billows	→	גֵּאוּת H1348 majesty
of smoke	→	עָשָׁן H6227 smoke

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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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