Isaiah 9:10
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. | “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” | The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bricks | לְבֵנִ֥ים | le-ve-NIM | H3843 | brickלִבְנָה (liv.nah) tile, pavement, brick A sub-meaning of le.ve.nah (לְבֵנָה "brick" H3843) |
| they have fallen | נָפָ֖לוּ | na-FA-lu | H5307G | to fall: fallנָפַל (na.phal) : fall/drop/fail 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall … |
| and hewn [stone] | וְגָזִ֣ית | ve-ga-ZIT | H1496 | cuttingגָּזִית (ga.zit) a cutting, hewing |
| we will rebuild | נִבְנֶ֑ה | niv-NEH | H1129 | to buildבְּנָה (be.nah) 1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built |
| sycamores | שִׁקְמִ֣ים | shik-MIM | H8256 | sycamoreשִׁקְמָה (shiq.mah) sycamore tree (bearing figs) |
| they have been cut down | גֻּדָּ֔עוּ | gu-DA-'u | H1438 | to cut down/offגָּדַע (ga.da) 1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off 1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two 1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off 1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two 1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down |
| and cedars | וַאֲרָזִ֖ים | va-'a-ra-ZIM | H0730 | cedarאֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) 1) cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications) |
| we will substitute | נַחֲלִֽיף׃ | na-cha-LIF | H2498 | to passחָלַף (cha.laph) 1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass on quickly 1a2) to pass away (vanish) 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass) 1a4) to pass through 1a5) to overstep, transgress 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew 1c2) to show newness (of tree) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.