Isaiah 41:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Young's Literal Translation
The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel—I forsake them not.

King James Bible
[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Hebrew
The poor
הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים (hā·‘ă·nî·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

and needy
וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים (wə·hā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

seek
מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (mə·ḇaq·šîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

water,
מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

but there is none;
וָאַ֔יִן (wā·’a·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

their tongues
לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3956: The tongue

are parched
נָשָׁ֑תָּה (nā·šāt·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5405: To eliminate, to dry up

with thirst.
בַּצָּמָ֣א (baṣ·ṣā·mā)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6772: Thirst

I,
אֲנִ֤י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

the LORD,
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will answer them;
אֶעֱנֵ֔ם (’e·‘ĕ·nêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

I, the God
אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

forsake them.
אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃ (’e·‘ez·ḇêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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