KJV: Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
YLT: And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
Darby: and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
ASV: And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
| וְנֵדְעָ֣ה | And let us know |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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| נִרְדְּפָ֗ה | let us pursue |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after. |
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| לָדַ֙עַת֙ | the knowledge |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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| יְהוָ֔ה | Yahweh |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God. |
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| כְּשַׁ֖חַר | As the morning |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁחַר Sense: dawn. |
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| נָכ֣וֹן | is established |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established. |
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| מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ | His going forth |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: מֹוצָא Sense: act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring. |
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| וְיָב֤וֹא | and He will come |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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| כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ | like the rain |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: גֶּשֶׁם Sense: rain, shower. |
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| לָ֔נוּ | to us |
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Parse: Preposition, first person common plural |
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| כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ | Like the latter |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: מַלְקֹושׁ Sense: latter rain, spring rain. |
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| י֥וֹרֶה | [and] former rain |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄורֶה Sense: early rain, autumn shower. |
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| אָֽרֶץ | to the earth |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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