Isaiah 41:18
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Berean Study Bible
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Young's Literal Translation
I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.

King James Bible
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Hebrew
I will open
אֶפְתַּ֤ח (’ep̄·taḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

rivers
נְהָר֔וֹת (nə·hā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the barren heights,
שְׁפָיִים֙ (šə·p̄ā·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height

and fountains
מַעְיָנ֑וֹת (ma‘·yā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source

in the middle
וּבְת֥וֹךְ (ū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

of the valleys.
בְּקָע֖וֹת (bə·qā·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains

I will turn
אָשִׂ֤ים (’ā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the desert
מִדְבָּר֙ (miḏ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

into a pool
לַאֲגַם־ (la·’ă·ḡam-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 98: A marsh, a rush, a stockade of reeds

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

and the dry
צִיָּ֖ה (ṣî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6723: Aridity, a desert

land
וְאֶ֥רֶץ (wə·’e·reṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

into flowing springs.
לְמוֹצָ֥אֵי (lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4161: A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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