Isaiah

Isaiah 23:15–16

¹⁵At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years— the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

¹⁶“Take up your harp,

stroll through the city,

O forgotten harlot.

Make sweet melody,

sing many a song,

so you will be remembered.”

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Isaiah 23:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
At that	הַה֔וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
time	בַּיּ֣וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
Tyre	צֹר֙	ṣōr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6865 Tyre
will be forgotten	וְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַת	wə·niš·ka·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular	H7911 forget
for seventy	שִׁבְעִ֣ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
years	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
the span	כִּימֵ֖י	kî·mê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of a	אֶחָ֑ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
king’s life	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
But at the end	מִקֵּ֞ץ	miq·qêṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7093 end
of seventy	שִׁבְעִ֤ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
years	שָׁנָה֙	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
it will happen	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to Tyre	לְצֹ֔ר	lə·ṣōr	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6865 Tyre
as in the song	כְּשִׁירַ֖ת	kə·šî·raṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7892 song
of the harlot	הַזּוֹנָֽה׃	haz·zō·w·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot

Isaiah 23:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Take up	קְחִ֥י	qə·ḥî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H3947 take
your harp	כִנּ֛וֹר	ḵin·nō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H3658 lyre
stroll through	סֹ֥בִּי	sōb·bî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
the city	עִ֖יר	‘îr	Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
O forgotten	נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה	niš·kā·ḥāh	Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular	H7911 forget
harlot	זוֹנָ֣ה	zō·w·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
Make sweet	הֵיטִ֤יבִי	hê·ṭî·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
melody	נַגֵּן֙	nag·gên	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H5059 touch
sing many	הַרְבִּי־	har·bî-	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
a song	שִׁ֔יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular	H7892 song
so you will be remembered	תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃	tiz·zā·ḵê·rî	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H2142 remember

Cross-references

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Isaiah 23:15 Jeremiah 25:22

Isaiah 23:16 Proverbs 7:10–12 · Jeremiah 30:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.