King James Version

Isaiah 17:1

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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מַשָּׂ֖אmasatributeמַשָּׂאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “tribute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4853a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desireburden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.דַּמָּ֑שֶׂקdamaseqDamascusדַּמֶּשֶׂקnoun, proper name — “Damascus”H1834Damascus, a city of SyriaDamascus.הִנֵּ֤הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙dameseqDamascusדַּמֶּשֶׂקnoun, proper name — “Damascus”H1834Damascus, a city of SyriaDamascus.מוּסָ֣רmusarturnסוּרverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “turn”, a verb used as a describing wordH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מֵעִ֔ירmeirfrom cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.וְהָיְתָ֖הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מְעִ֥יmeiheapמְעִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “heap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4596a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruinheap.מַפָּלָֽהmapalahruinמַפָּלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “ruin”, the ordinary formH4654something fallen, i.e. a ruinruin(-ous).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Young’s Literal Translation

The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap — a ruin.

World English Bible

The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

Darby Translation

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Douay-Rheims

The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Word against Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ Δαμασκὸς ἀρθήσεται ἀπὸ πόλεων, καὶ ἔσται εἰς πτῶσιν,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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