Isaiah 15

Isaiah · Chapter 15

Isaiah 15:3

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3In 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

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
in streets itsבְּחוּצֹתָ֖יוbe-chu-tzo-TAVH2351
outside

חוּץ (chuts) outside, outward, street, the outside

they have girded onחָ֣גְרוּCHA-ge-ruH2296
to gird

חָגַר (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

sackclothשָׂ֑קSakH8242
sackcloth

שַׂק (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

onעַ֣ל'alH5921A
upon

עַל (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 itsגַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָga-go-TEI-haH1406
roof

גָּג (gag) 1) roof, top, housetop 1a) roof (of house) 1b) top (of altar of incense)

and in open places itsוּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָu-vir-cho-TEI-haH7339
street/plaza

רְחוֹב (re.chov) broad or open place or plaza

all of itכֻּלֹּ֥הku-LOHH3605
all

כֹּל (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 wailingיְיֵלִ֖ילye-ye-LILH3213
to wail

יָלַל (ya.lal) (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling

going downיֹרֵ֥דyo-REDH3381
to go down

יָרַד (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 weepingבַּבֶּֽכִי׃ba-BE-khiH1065
weeping

בְּכִי (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.