Isaiah 23:7
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. | Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? | Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn? |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¿ [is] this | הֲזֹ֥את | ha-ZOT | H2063 | thisזֹאת (zot) 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus … |
| jubilant [city] | עַלִּיזָ֑ה | 'a-li-ZAH | H5947 | jubilantעַלִּיז (al.liz) exultant, jubilant |
| [which is] from days of | מִֽימֵי־ | mi-mei- | H3117G | dayיוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow |
| antiquity | קֶ֤דֶם | KE-dem | H6924H | No entry |
| beginning its | קַדְמָתָהּ֙ | kad-ma-TAH | H6927 | formerקַדְמָה (qad.mah) 1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin 1a) antiquity, beginning, origin 1b) former state or situation conj 1c) before Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928) |
| [which] they have carried it | יֹבִל֣וּהָ | yoi-LU-ha | H2986 | to conductיָבַל (ya.val) 1) to bring, lead, carry, conduct, bear along 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to bear along, bring 1a2) to carry away, lead away 1a3) to lead, conduct 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be borne along 1b2) to be borne (to the grave) 1b3) to be brought, be led, be conducted Aramaic equivalent: ye.val (יְבַל "to bring" H2987) |
| feet its | רַגְלֶ֔יהָ | rag-LEI-ha | H7272 | footרְגַל (re.gal) foot Aramaic of re.gel (רֶ֫גֶל "foot" H7272) |
| from a distance | מֵֽרָח֖וֹק | me-ra-CHOK | H7350 | distantרָחֹק (ra.choq) adj 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones 1a) of distance, time n m 2) distance 2a) from a distance (with prep) Aramaic equivalent: ra.chiq (רְחִיק "far" H7352) |
| to sojourn | לָגֽוּר׃ | la-GUR | H1481A | to sojournגּוּר (gur) 1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time 1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell 1b) (Hithpolel) 1b1) to seek hospitality with 1b2) to assemble oneself |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.