Isaiah 8:21
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Berean Study Bible
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

Young's Literal Translation
—And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

King James Bible
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Hebrew
They will roam the land,
וְעָ֥בַר (wə·‘ā·ḇar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

dejected
נִקְשֶׁ֣ה (niq·šeh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7185: To be hard, severe or fierce

and hungry.
וְרָעֵ֑ב (wə·rā·‘êḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7457: Hungry

When
כִֽי־ (ḵî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they are famished,
יִרְעַ֜ב (yir·‘aḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7456: To be hungry

they will become enraged,
וְהִתְקַצַּ֗ף (wə·hiṯ·qaṣ·ṣap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7107: To crack off, burst out in rage

and looking
וּפָנָ֥ה (ū·p̄ā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

upward,
לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (lə·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

they will curse
וְקִלֵּ֧ל (wə·qil·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

their king
בְּמַלְכּ֛וֹ (bə·mal·kōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

and their God.
וּבֵאלֹהָ֖יו (ū·ḇê·lō·hāw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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