Isaiah 6:11
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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,”
יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מָתַי
when?
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מָתַי
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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עִיר
cities
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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שְׁמָמָה
a desolation
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שְׁמָמָה
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
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שָׁאָה
it will be devastated
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שָׁאָה
to rush; by implication, to desolate
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