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Isaiah 23:10

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

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עִבְרִ֥יivrialienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “alienate”, a commandH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…אַרְצֵ֖ךְartsekheearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כַּיְאֹ֑רkayoras riverיְאֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “as river”H2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.בַּתbatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁtarshishTarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁnoun, proper name — “Tarshish”H8659Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an IsraeliteTarshish, Tharshish.אֵ֖יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מֵ֥זַחmezachgirdleמָזִיחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “girdle”, the ordinary formH4206a belt (as movable)girdle, strength.עֽוֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.

Young’s Literal Translation

Pass through thy land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, there is no more a girdle.

World English Bible

Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

Darby Translation

Overflow thy land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.

Douay-Rheims

Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐργάζου τὴν γῆν σου, καὶ γὰρ πλοῖα οὐκέτι ἔρχεται ἐκ Καρχηδόνος.