Isaiah 23:16
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
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ASV
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
KJV
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| קְחִ֥י | ke.Chi | take | H3947 → |
| כִנּ֛וֹר | khi.Nor | a harp | H3658 → |
| סֹ֥בִּי | So.bi | go around | H5437 → |
| עִ֖יר | 'ir | [the] city | H5892 → |
| זוֹנָ֣ה | zo.Nah | O prostitute | H2181 → |
| נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה | nish.ka.Chah | forgotten | H7911 → |
| הֵיטִ֤יבִי | hei.Ti.vi | do well | H3190 → |
| נַגֵּן֙ | na.Gen | to play | H5059 → |
| הַרְבִּי־ | har.bi- | multiply | H7235 → |
| שִׁ֔יר | Shir | song | H7892 → |
| לְמַ֖עַן | le.Ma.'an | so that | H4616 → |
| תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ | ti.za.Khe.ri | you may be remembered | H2142 → |
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