Isaiah
Isaiah 23:1
1This is the burden against Tyre:
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,a
for Tyre is laid waste,
without house or harbor.
Word has reached them
from the land of Cyprus.b
Footnotes
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the burden | מַשָּׂ֖א | maś·śā | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4853 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute |
| against Tyre | צֹ֑ר | ṣōr | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6865 Tyre |
| Wail | הֵילִ֣ילוּ׀ | hê·lî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H3213 howl, make a howling |
| O ships | אֳנִיּ֣וֹת | ’o·nî·yō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H591 a ship |
| of Tarshish | תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ | tar·šîš | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8659 Tarshish |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| is laid waste | שֻׁדַּ֤ד | šud·daḏ | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin |
| without house | מִבַּ֙יִת֙ | mib·ba·yiṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| harbor | מִבּ֔וֹא | mib·bō·w | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| Word has reached | נִגְלָה־ | niḡ·lāh- | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1540 uncover, remove |
| them | לָֽמוֹ׃ | lā·mōw | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| from the land | מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | mê·’e·reṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Cyprus | כִּתִּ֖ים | kit·tîm | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3794 Cypriotes |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Joel 3:4–8 · Genesis 10:4 · Amos 1:9–10 · Jeremiah 25:22 · Jeremiah 47:4 · Isaiah 2:16 · Isaiah 23:12 · Zechariah 9:2–4 · Jeremiah 2:10 · 1 Kings 10:22 · 1 Kings 22:48
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.