Isaiah 35

Isaiah · Chapter 35

Isaiah 35:1

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
they will rejoice !יְשֻׂשׂ֥וּםye-su-SUMH7797
to rejoice

שׂוּשׂ (su.s) 1) to exult, rejoice 1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy

[the] wildernessמִדְבָּ֖רmid-BARH4057B
wilderness

מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.)

and [the] dry regionוְצִיָּ֑הve-tzi-YAHH6723
dryness

צִיָּה (tsiy.yah) dryness, drought, desert

and let it be gladוְתָגֵ֧לve-ta-GELH1523
to rejoice

גִּיל (gil) 1) to rejoice, exult, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rejoice 1a2) to tremble (from fear)

[the] desert plainעֲרָבָ֛ה'a-ra-VAHH6160L
plain

עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) § desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness

so it may budוְתִפְרַ֖חve-tif-RACHH6524A
to sprout

פָּרַח (pa.rach) 1) to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom 1a) (Qal) to bud, sprout, send out shoots, blossom 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to bud or sprout 1b2) to show buds or sprouts

like a crocusכַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃ka-cha-va-TZA-letH2261
crocus

חֲבַצֶּלֶת (cha.vats.tse.let) meadow-saffron, crocus, rose

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.