Isaiah 16:8
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.”
נָגַע
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
יָם
the sea
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יָם
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
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נָטַשׁ
they were spread out
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נָטַשׁ
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
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עָבַר
they passed over
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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בַּעַל
rulers of
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בַּעַל
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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מִדְבָּר
the wilderness
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מִדְבָּר
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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תָּעָה
they wandered
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תָּעָה
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
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הָלַם
they have struck down
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הָלַם
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
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יַעֲזֵיר
Jazer
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יַעֲזֵיר
Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the Jordan
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גֶּפֶן
the vines of
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גֶּפֶן
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
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חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Heshbon
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חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
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שְׂבָם
Sibmah
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שְׂבָם
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
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שְׁדֵמָה
the fields of
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שְׁדֵמָה
a cultivated field
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שָׂרוּק
choice grapes/ its
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שָׂרוּק
a grapevine
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שִׁלֻּחָה
shoots/ its
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שִׁלֻּחָה
a shoot
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