Isaiah 15:3
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. | In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. | In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in streets its | בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו | be-chu-tzo-TAV | H2351 | outsideחוּץ (chuts) outside, outward, street, the outside |
| they have girded on | חָ֣גְרוּ | CHA-ge-ru | H2296 | to girdחָגַר (cha.gar) 1) to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to gird 1a2) to gird on, bind on 1a3) to gird oneself |
| sackcloth | שָׂ֑ק | Sak | H8242 | sackclothשַׂק (saq) 1) mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking 1a) sack (for grain) 1b) sackcloth 1b1) worn in mourning or humiliation 1b2) same material spread out to lie on |
| on | עַ֣ל | 'al | H5921A | uponעַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) … |
| roofs its | גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ | ga-go-TEI-ha | H1406 | roofגָּג (gag) 1) roof, top, housetop 1a) roof (of house) 1b) top (of altar of incense) |
| and in open places its | וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ | u-vir-cho-TEI-ha | H7339 | street/plazaרְחוֹב (re.chov) broad or open place or plaza |
| all of it | כֻּלֹּ֥ה | ku-LOH | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| it is wailing | יְיֵלִ֖יל | ye-ye-LIL | H3213 | to wailיָלַל (ya.lal) (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling |
| going down | יֹרֵ֥ד | yo-RED | H3381 | to go downיָרַד (ya.rad) 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down |
| in the weeping | בַּבֶּֽכִי׃ | ba-BE-khi | H1065 | weepingבְּכִי (be.khi) a weeping, weeping |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.