Isaiah 46:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

Young's Literal Translation
Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.

King James Bible
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].

Hebrew
Bel
בֵּל֙ (bêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1078: Bel -- a chief Babylonian deity

crouches;
כָּרַ֥ע (kā·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate

Nebo
נְב֔וֹ (nə·ḇōw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5015: Nebo -- a city in Moab, also a mountain in Moab

cowers.
קֹרֵ֣ס (qō·rês)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7164: To bend down, stoop, crouch

Their idols
עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6091: An, image

[weigh down] beasts
לַחַיָּ֖ה (la·ḥay·yāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

and cattle.
וְלַבְּהֵמָ֑ה (wə·lab·bə·hê·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

The images you carry
נְשֻׂאֹתֵיכֶ֣ם (nə·śu·’ō·ṯê·ḵem)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5385: Something borne, a load

are burdensome,
עֲמוּס֔וֹת (‘ă·mū·sō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural
Strong's 6006: To load, impose a, burden

a load
מַשָּׂ֖א (maś·śā)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire

to the weary [animal].
לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃ (la·‘ă·yê·p̄āh)
Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5889: Faint, weary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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