Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
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ASV
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:
KJV
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| רֹ֤אשׁ | rosh | [is] [the] head of | H7218 → |
| אֲרָם֙ | 'a.Ram | Aram | H758 → |
| דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | da.Me.sek | Damascus | H1834 → |
| וְרֹ֥אשׁ | ve.Rosh | and [is] [the] head of | H7218 → |
| דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק | da.Me.sek | Damascus | H1834 → |
| רְצִ֑ין | re.Tzin | Rezin | H7526 → |
| וּבְע֗וֹד | u.ve.'od | and in yet | H5750 → |
| שִׁשִּׁ֤ים | shi.Shim | sixty | H8346 → |
| וְחָמֵשׁ֙ | ve.cha.Mesh | and five | H2568 → |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | sha.Nah | year[s] | H8141 → |
| יֵחַ֥ת | ye.Chat | it will be shattered | H2865 → |
| אֶפְרַ֖יִם | 'ef.Ra.yim | Ephraim | H669 → |
| מֵעָֽם׃ | me.'Am | from a people | H5971 → |
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