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Isaiah 23:17 Interlinear

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years will visit that the LORD Tyre and she shall turn to her hire and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֞הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2מִקֵּ֣ץ׀H7093And it shall come to pass after the endan extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
3שִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657of seventyseventy
4שָׁנָ֗הH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
5יִפְקֹ֤דH6485will visitto visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
6יְהוָה֙H3068that the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8צֹ֔רH6865Tyretsor, a place in palestine
9וְשָׁבָ֖הH7725and she shall turnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
10לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הH868to her hirea gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)
11וְזָֽנְתָ֛הH2181and shall commit fornicationto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
12אֶתH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
13כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14מַמְלְכ֥וֹתH4467with all the kingdomsdominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
15הָאָ֖רֶץH776of the worldthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
16עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
17פְּנֵ֥יH6440upon the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
18הָאֲדָמָֽה׃H127of the earthsoil (from its general redness)

Verse Context

Isaiah 23:16Take an harp go about the city thou harlot that hast been forgotten...
Isaiah 23:17 (current) And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years will visit that the LORD Tyre and she shall turn to her hire and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth
Isaiah 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness the LORD ...

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