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Isaiah 41

Isa. 41:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will open
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
rivers
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
d in high places
shphiy (Hebrew #8205)
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain
KJV usage: high place, stick out.
Pronounce: shef-ee'
Origin: from 8192
, and fountains
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of the valleys
biq`ah (Hebrew #1237)
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
KJV usage: plain, valley.
Pronounce: bik-aw'
Origin: from 1234
: I will make
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
e a pool
'agam (Hebrew #98)
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
KJV usage: pond, pool, standing (water).
Pronounce: ag-am'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to collect as water)
of water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and the dry
tsiyah (Hebrew #6723)
aridity; concretely, a desert
KJV usage: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
Pronounce: tsee-yaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to parch
land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
springs
mowtsa' (Hebrew #4161)
from 3318; a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)
KJV usage: brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-)course (springs).
Pronounce: mo-tsaw'
Origin: or motsai {mo-tsaw'}
of water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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Psa. 105:41• 41He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river. (Psa. 105:41)
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Psa. 107:35• 35He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs; (Psa. 107:35)

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Fountain,
High Place,
Pools,
River,
Spring,
Vale; Valley,
Wilderness

Cross References

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Isa. 12:3• 3And with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. (Isa. 12:3)
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Isa. 30:25• 25And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every hill that is lifted up, brooks and water-courses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (Isa. 30:25)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)
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Isa. 35:6‑7• 6then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.
 7And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. (Isa. 35:6‑7)
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Isa. 43:19‑20• 19behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.
 20The beast of the field shall glorify me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I will give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the waste, to give drink to my people, my chosen. (Isa. 43:19‑20)
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Isa. 44:3• 3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. (Isa. 44:3)
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Isa. 48:21• 21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out. (Isa. 48:21)
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Isa. 49:9‑10• 9saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
 10They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. (Isa. 49:9‑10)
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Isa. 58:11• 11and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not. (Isa. 58:11)
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Psa. 46:4• 4There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High. (Psa. 46:4)
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Psa. 78:15‑16• 15He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;
 16And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. (Psa. 78:15‑16)
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Psa. 105:41• 41He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river. (Psa. 105:41)
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Psa. 107:35• 35He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs; (Psa. 107:35)
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Ezek. 47:1‑8• 1And he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house was eastward. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, south of the altar.
 2And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards the gate that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side.
 3When the man went forth eastward, a line was in his hand; and he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the ankles.
 4And he measured a thousand cubits, and caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through: the waters were to the loins.
 5And he measured a thousand: it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
 6And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? And he led me, and brought me back to the bank of the river.
 7When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
 8And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall be healed. (Ezek. 47:1‑8)
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Joel 3:18• 18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the water-courses of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim. (Joel 3:18)
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Zech. 14:8• 8And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Zech. 14:8)
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Rev. 7:17• 17because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
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Rev. 22:1• 1And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (Rev. 22:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will open rivers on the bareg heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.

JND Translation Notes

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See ch. 49.9.