Isaiah 29:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Is it not yetעֹוד֙
(o·vd)
5750: a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, besidefrom ud
just a little whileמְעַ֣ט
(me·'at)
4592: a little, fewness, a fewfrom maat
Before Lebanonלְבָנֹ֖ון
(le·va·no·vn)
3844: a wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr.from laben
will be turnedוְשָׁ֥ב
(ve·shav)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
into a fertileלַכַּרְמֶ֑ל
(lak·kar·mel;)
3759: a plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growthfrom the same as kerem
field, And the fertile fieldוְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל
(ve·hak·kar·mel)
3759: a plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growthfrom the same as kerem
will be consideredיֵחָשֵֽׁב׃
(ye·cha·shev.)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
as a forest?לַיַּ֥עַר
(lai·ya·'ar)
3293a: wood, forest, thicketfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Is it not yet a very
miz`ar  (miz-awr')
fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness -- few, very.
little while
m`at  (meh-at')
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very.
and Lebanon
Lbanown  (leb-aw-nohn')
(the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine -- Lebanon.
shall be turned
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
into a fruitful field
karmel  (kar-mel')
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce -- full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).
and the fruitful field
karmel  (kar-mel')
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce -- full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).
shall be esteemed
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
as a forest
ya`ar  (yah'-ar)
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is it not yet just a little while Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

King James Bible
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isn't it true that in just a little while Lebanon will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest?

International Standard Version
"In a very little while, will not Lebanon be turned into a garden of fruit, and the garden of fruit seem like a forest?

NET Bible
In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In a very short time Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field will be considered a forest.

King James 2000 Bible
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
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