Isaiah

Isaiah 21:8

⁸Then the lookout^a shouted:

“Day after day, my lord,

I stand on the watchtower;

night after night

I stay at my post.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the lookout	אַרְיֵ֑ה	’ar·yêh	Noun - masculine singular	H738 lion
shouted	וַיִּקְרָ֖א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Day	תָּמִיד֙	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
after day	יוֹמָ֔ם	yō·w·mām	Adverb	H3119 daytime, by day
my lord	אֲדֹנָ֗י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
I	אָנֹכִ֞י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
stand	עֹמֵ֤ד	‘ō·mêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the watchtower	מִצְפֶּ֣ה׀	miṣ·peh	Noun - masculine singular	H4707 watch-tower
night after	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
night	הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃	hal·lê·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3915 twist, night, adversity
I	אָנֹכִ֥י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
stay	נִצָּ֖ב	niṣ·ṣāḇ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
at	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
my post	מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔י	miš·mar·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4931 guard, watch

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.