Isaiah 5:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one—into her.

King James Bible
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

Sheol
שְּׁאוֹל֙ (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

enlarges
הִרְחִ֤יבָה (hir·ḥî·ḇāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7337: To be or grow wide or large

its throat
נַפְשָׁ֔הּ (nap̄·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and opens
וּפָעֲרָ֥ה (ū·p̄ā·‘ă·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6473: To open wide (the mouth)

wide its enormous
לִבְלִי־ (liḇ·lî-)
Preposition-l | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

jaws,
פִ֖יהָ (p̄î·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and down go
וְיָרַ֨ד (wə·yā·raḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

[Zion’s] nobles
הֲדָרָ֧הּ (hă·ḏā·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1926: Magnificence, ornament, splendor

[and] masses,
וַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּ (wa·hă·mō·w·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth

her jubilant
וּשְׁאוֹנָ֖הּ (ū·šə·’ō·w·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7588: A roar (of waters, etcetera), din, crash, uproar

and carousers!
וְעָלֵ֥ז (wə·‘ā·lêz)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5938: Exultant, jubilant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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