Isaiah 40:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Young's Literal Translation
A voice is crying—in a wilderness—Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

King James Bible
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Hebrew
A voice
ק֣וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of one calling:
קוֹרֵ֔א (qō·w·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

“Prepare
פַּנּ֖וּ (pan·nū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

the way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

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

in the wilderness;
בַּמִּדְבָּ֕ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

make a straight
יַשְּׁרוּ֙ (yaš·šə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3474: To be straight, even, to be, right, pleasant, prosperous

highway
מְסִלָּ֖ה (mə·sil·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase

for our God
לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (lê·lō·hê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

in the desert.
בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה (bā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6160: Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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