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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. (KJV)
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עַ֤ל'alon
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 1
הַר\־har-a mountain
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mountain: mount
Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 2
נִשְׁפֶּה֙nish.Pehswept bare
Lemma: שָׁפָה (sha.phah) · Strong's: H8192
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: be bare
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8192; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 3
שְֽׂאוּ\־se.'u-lift up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to lift: raise
Used 131 times. Also: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375G; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 4
נֵ֔סNesa standard
Lemma: נֵס (nes) · Strong's: H5251H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ensign
Used 20 times. Also: Numbers 21:8, Numbers 21:9, Numbers 26:10, Psalms 60:4, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 11:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5251H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 5
הָרִ֥ימוּha.Ri.mulift up
Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to exalt
Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 6
ק֖וֹלKola voice
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 7
הָנִ֣יפוּha.Ni.fuwave
Lemma: נוּף (nuph) · Strong's: H5130B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to wave
Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 20:25, Exodus 29:24, Exodus 29:26, Exodus 29:27, Exodus 35:22, Leviticus 7:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5130B; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 8
יָ֔דYada hand
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 9
וְיָבֹ֖אוּve.ya.Vo.'uso they may go
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 10
פִּתְחֵ֥יpit.Chei[the] doors of
Lemma: פֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) · Strong's: H6607
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: entrance
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6607; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 11
נְדִיבִֽים\׃ne.di.Vimnoble [people]
Lemma: נָדִיב (na.div) · Strong's: H5081H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: noble
Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 21:18, 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 12:21, Job 21:28, Job 34:18, Psalms 47:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5081H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:2 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Raise | → | נָשָׂא H5375G to lift: raise |
| a banner | → | נֵס H5251H ensign |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| a barren | → | שָׁפָה H8192 be bare |
| hilltop | → | הַר H2022G mountain: mount |
| call | → | רוּם H7311A to exalt |
| aloud | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| to them | → | |
| Wave | → | נוּף H5130B to wave |
| your hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| that they may enter | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| the gates | → | פֶּ֫תַח H6607 entrance |
| of the nobles | → | נָדִיב H5081H noble |
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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