Isaiah

Isaiah 55:10

¹⁰For just as rain and snow fall from heaven

and do not return without watering the earth,

making it bud and sprout,

and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
just as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
rain	הַגֶּ֨שֶׁם	hag·ge·šem	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1653 rain, shower
and snow	וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג	wə·haš·še·leḡ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7950 snow
fall	יֵרֵד֩	yê·rêḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
return	יָשׁ֔וּב	yā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
without	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
watering	הִרְוָ֣ה	hir·wāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7301 be saturated, drink one's fill
the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
making it bud	וְהוֹלִידָ֖הּ	wə·hō·w·lî·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
and sprout	וְהִצְמִיחָ֑הּ	wə·hiṣ·mî·ḥāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6779 sprout, spring up
and providing	וְנָ֤תַן	wə·nā·ṯan	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
seed	זֶ֙רַע֙	ze·ra‘	Noun - masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
to sow	לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ	laz·zō·rê·a‘	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2232 sow, scatter seed
and food	וְלֶ֖חֶם	wə·le·ḥem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
to eat	לָאֹכֵֽל׃	lā·’ō·ḵêl	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H398 eat

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Corinthians 9:9–11 · Deuteronomy 32:2 · Isaiah 30:23 · Ezekiel 34:26 · Hosea 10:12 · Isaiah 61:11 · Psalm 65:9–13 · 1 Samuel 23:4 · Revelation 11:6 · Psalm 72:6–7 · Isaiah 5:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.