King James Version

Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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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.גֵּ֣יאgeyvalleyגַּיְאnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “valley”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)valley.חִזָּי֑וֹןchizayonvisionחִזָּיוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vision”, the ordinary formH2384a revelation, expectation by dreamvision.מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.לָּ֣ךְlakhetoלָּ֣ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toאֵפ֔וֹאefohereאֵפוֹadverb — “here”H645strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or thenhere, now, where?כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…עָלִ֥יתalitascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…כֻּלָּ֖ךְkulakheallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).לַגַּגּֽוֹתlagagotto roofגָּגpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

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American Standard Version (1901)

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Young’s Literal Translation

The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — to the roofs?

World English Bible

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

Darby Translation

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Douay-Rheims

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Word of the Valley of Sion. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τί ἐγένετό σοι, ὅτι νῦν ἀνέβητε πάντες εἰς δώματα μάταια;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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