Isaiah 23:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

Young's Literal Translation
Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.

King James Bible
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Hebrew
Take up
קְחִ֥י (qə·ḥî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

your harp,
כִנּ֛וֹר (ḵin·nō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3658: A harp

stroll through
סֹ֥בִּי (sōb·bî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the city,
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

O forgotten
נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה (niš·kā·ḥāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

harlot;
זוֹנָ֣ה (zō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

make sweet
הֵיטִ֤יבִי (hê·ṭî·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

melody,
נַגֵּן֙ (nag·gên)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument

sing many
הַרְבִּי־ (har·bî-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

a song,
שִׁ֔יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

so you will be remembered.
תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ (tiz·zā·ḵê·rî)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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