Isaiah

Isaiah 41:18

¹⁸I will open rivers on the barren heights,

and fountains in the middle of the valleys.

I will turn the desert into a pool of water,

and the dry land into flowing springs.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will open	אֶפְתַּ֤ח	’ep̄·taḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6605 open
rivers	נְהָר֔וֹת	nə·hā·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H5104 stream, river
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the barren heights	שְׁפָיִים֙	šə·p̄ā·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8205 bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height
and fountains	מַעְיָנ֑וֹת	ma‘·yā·nō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H4599 spring
in the middle	וּבְת֥וֹךְ	ū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
of the valleys	בְּקָע֖וֹת	bə·qā·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1237 valley
I will turn	אָשִׂ֤ים	’ā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
the desert	מִדְבָּר֙	miḏ·bār	Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
into a pool	לַאֲגַם־	la·’ă·ḡam-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H98 troubled pool
of water	מַ֔יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
and the dry	צִיָּ֖ה	ṣî·yāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H6723 dryness, drought
land	וְאֶ֥רֶץ	wə·’e·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
into flowing springs	לְמוֹצָ֥אֵי	lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4161 place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.