Isaiah 54:3
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
נָחַל
nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָחַל nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Study H5157 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →Cross References
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