Isaiah
Isaiah 42:15
15I will lay waste the mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn the rivers into dry landd
and drain the marshes.
Footnotes
- d 42:15 Or coastlands or islands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will lay waste | אַחֲרִ֤יב | ’a·ḥă·rîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2717 be dry, dried up |
| the mountains | הָרִים֙ | hā·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| and hills | וּגְבָע֔וֹת | ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural | H1389 hill |
| and dry up | אוֹבִ֑ישׁ | ’ō·w·ḇîš | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3001 be dry, dried up, withered |
| all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| their vegetation | עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם | ‘eś·bām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H6212 herb, herbage |
| I will turn | וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י | wə·śam·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| the rivers | נְהָרוֹת֙ | nə·hā·rō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H5104 stream, river |
| into dry land | לָֽאִיִּ֔ים | lā·’î·yîm | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H339 coast, region |
| and drain | אוֹבִֽישׁ׃ | ’ō·w·ḇîš | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3001 be dry, dried up, withered |
| the marshes | וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים | wa·’ă·ḡam·mîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H98 troubled pool |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 50:2 · Nahum 1:4–6 · Isaiah 44:27 · Revelation 20:11 · Isaiah 2:12–16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.