Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
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ASV
How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
KJV
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
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11 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֛יךְ | 'eikh | how! | H349 → |
| נָפַ֥לְתָּ | na.Fal.ta | you have fallen | H5307 → |
| מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם | mi.sha.Ma.yim | from heaven | H8064 → |
| הֵילֵ֣ל | hei.Lel | O shining one | H1966 → |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | son of | H1121 → |
| שָׁ֑חַר | Sha.char | dawn | H7837 → |
| נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ | nig.Da'.ta | you have been cut down | H1438 → |
| לָאָ֔רֶץ | la.'A.retz | to the ground | H776 → |
| חוֹלֵ֖שׁ | cho.Lesh | O defeater | H2522 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| גּוֹיִֽם׃ | go.Yim | [the] nations | H1471 → |
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