Isaiah 6:11
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
תָּמַם
tâmam
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חָרַם
châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּמַם tâmam
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
Study H8552 →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 →חָרַם châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
Study H2763 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →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 →Cross References
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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