Isaiah
Isaiah 23:16
16“Take up your harp,
stroll through the city,
O forgotten harlot.
Make sweet melody,
sing many a song,
so you will be remembered.”
Word by word
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| 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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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.