Isaiah

Isaiah 16:8

⁸For the fields of Heshbon have withered,

along with the grapevines of Sibmah.

The rulers of the nations

have trampled its choicest vines,

which had reached as far as Jazer

and spread toward the desert.

Their shoots had spread out

and passed over the sea.^b

Footnotes

b 16:8 Or and had gone as far as the sea; that is, probably the Dead Sea

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the fields	שַׁדְמוֹת֩	šaḏ·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H7709 field
of Heshbon	חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן	ḥeš·bō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2809 Cheshbon
have withered	אֻמְלָ֜ל	’um·lāl	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H535 be weak, languish
along with the grapevines	גֶּ֣פֶן	ge·p̄en	Noun - common singular construct	H1612 vine
of Sibmah	שִׂבְמָ֗ה	śiḇ·māh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7643 Sebam, Sibmah
The rulers	בַּעֲלֵ֤י	ba·‘ă·lê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1167 owner, lord
of the nations	גוֹיִם֙	ḡō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
have trampled	הָלְמ֣וּ	hā·lə·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1986 smite, hammer, strike down
its choicest vines	שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ	śə·rūq·qe·hā	Adjective - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8291 vine-tendrils
which had reached	נָגָ֖עוּ	nā·ḡā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5060 touch, reach, strike
as	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
far as Jazer	יַעְזֵ֥ר	ya‘·zêr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3270 Jaazer, Jazer
and spread	תָּ֣עוּ	tā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8582 err
toward the desert	מִדְבָּ֑ר	miḏ·bār	Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
Their shoots	שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ	šə·lu·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H7976 shoot, branch
had spread out	נִטְּשׁ֖וּ	niṭ·ṭə·šū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5203 leave, forsake, permit
and passed over	עָ֥בְרוּ	‘ā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
the sea	יָֽם׃	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.