KJV: Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
YLT: Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps are fenced cities,
Darby: Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it? And that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
ASV: Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
| הֲלֹֽא־ | Did not |
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Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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| שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ | you hear |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey. |
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| לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ | long ago |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine singular Root: רָחֹוק Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones. |
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| עָשִׂ֔יתִי | [How] I made |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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| קֶ֖דֶם | ancient times |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: קֶדֶם Sense: east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime. |
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| וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ | that I formed it |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular Root: יׄוצֵר Sense: to form, fashion, frame. |
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| עַתָּ֣ה | now |
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Parse: Adverb Root: עַתָּה Sense: now. |
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| הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָ | I have brought it to pass |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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| וּתְהִ֗י | that you should be |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, second person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| לַהְשׁ֛וֹת | for crushing |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: שָׁאָה Sense: crash, make a din or crash, crash into ruins, be in ruins, be desolated. |
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| גַּלִּ֥ים | [into] heaps |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: גַּל Sense: heap, spring, wave, billow. |
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| נִצִּ֖ים | Of ruins |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָצָה Sense: (Qal) to fly. |
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| עָרִ֥ים | cities |
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Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish. |
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| בְּצֻרֽוֹת | fortified |
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Parse: Adjective, feminine plural Root: בָּצַר Sense: to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose. |
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