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Isaiah 26:14

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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מֵתִים֙metimdieמוּתverb, qal, participle, absolute — “die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יִחְי֔וּyichyvliveחָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.רְפָאִ֖יםrefaimdeadרָפָאnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH7496properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)dead, deceased.בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יָקֻ֑מוּyaqumvriseקוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “rise”, an unfinished actionH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…לָכֵ֤ןlakhento as... asכֵּןpreposition, adverb — “to as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…פָּקַ֨דְתָּ֙paqadtachargeפָּקַדverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “charge”, a completed actionH6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overs…וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔םvatashmidemand destoryשָׁמַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destory”, the next action in the storyH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.וַתְּאַבֵּ֥דvatabedand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).זֵ֖כֶרzekhermemorialזֵכֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “memorial”, the ordinary formH2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemorationmemorial, memory, remembrance, scent.לָֽמוֹlamvotoלָֽמוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

Young’s Literal Translation

Dead — they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

World English Bible

The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.

Darby Translation

[They are] dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.

Douay-Rheims

Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise them up: therefore thou hast brought wrath upon them , and slain them , and hast taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ νεκροὶ ζωὴν οὐ μὴ ἴδωσιν, οὐδὲ ἰατροὶ οὐ μὴ ἀναστήσουσι· διατοῦτο ἐπήγαγες, καὶ ἀπώλεσας, καὶ ᾖρας πᾶν ἄρσεν αὐτῶν.