The Meaning of Isaiah 23:6 Explained

Isaiah 23:6

KJV: Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

YLT: Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle,

Darby: Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!

ASV: Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Pass ye over  to Tarshish;  howl,  ye inhabitants  of the isle. 

What does Isaiah 23:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 23

1  The miserable overthrow of Tyre
15  Her restoration and unfaithfulness

What do the individual words in Isaiah 23:6 mean?

Cross over to Tarshish Wail you inhabitants of the coastland
עִבְר֖וּ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹ֥שְׁבֵי אִֽי

עִבְר֖וּ  Cross  over 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה  to  Tarshish 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ 
Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee.
הֵילִ֖ילוּ  Wail 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָלַל  
Sense: (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling.
יֹ֥שְׁבֵי  you  inhabitants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אִֽי  of  the  coastland 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִי  
Sense: coast, island, shore, region.

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