King James Version

Isaiah 44:4

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

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וְצָמְח֖וּvetsamechvand bearצָמַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and bear”, a completed action in a sequenceH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).בְּבֵ֣יןbeveynin betweenבֵּיןpreposition, preposition — “in between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.חָצִ֑ירchatsirgrassחָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH2682grass; also a leek (collectively)grass, hay, herb, leek.כַּעֲרָבִ֖יםkaaravimas willowעָרָבpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “as willow”, the ordinary formH6155a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)willow.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יִבְלֵיyivlestreamיָבָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “stream”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2988a stream(water-) course, stream.מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.

World English Bible

and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

Darby Translation

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on the banks of running water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἀνατελοῦσιν ὡς ἀναμέσον ὕδατος χόρτος, καὶ ὡς ἰτέα ἐπὶ παραῤῥέον ὕδωρ.