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RBT Hebrew Interlinear:
ובנו וּבָנוּ
and they have built
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conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person common plural
חרבות חָרְבוֹת
swords/desolate ones
Noun common feminine plural construct
עולם עוֹלָם
an eternal one
Noun common both singular absolute
שממות שֹׁמְמוֹת
those who are desolate
Verb Qal participle active feminine plural absolute
ראשנים רִאשֹׁנים
first ones
Adjective ordinal number masculine plural absolute
יקוממו יְקוֹמֵמוּ
they have stood up
Verb Piel imperfect third person masculine plural
וחדשו וְחִדְּשׁוּ
and they have renewed
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conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect third person common plural
ערי עָרֵי
cities
Noun common masculine plural construct
חרב חֹרֶב
a sword/drought
Noun common both singular absolute
שממות שֹׁמְמוֹת
those who are desolate
Verb Qal participle active feminine plural construct
דור דּוֹר
revolution of time
Noun common both singular absolute
ודור וָדוֹר׃
revolution of time
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Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute
RBT Translation:
and they have built swords/desolate ones an eternal one those who are desolate first ones they have stood up and they have renewed cities a sword/drought those who are desolate revolution of time revolution of time
RBT Paraphrase:
And they have rebuilt swords of an eternal one!1 Those who are desolate of the first ones have stood up! And those who are desolate of a revolution of time and a revolution of time, they have renewed the cities of drought!
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And they shall build the perpetual wastes; they shall raise up the former desolations, and they renewed the cities of the waste, the desolations of generation and generation.
LITV Translation:
And they shall build old ruins; they shall raise up former desolations; and they shall restore the waste cities, ruins of generations and generations.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And they shall build the old waste places, they shall raise up those that were before made desolate, and shall renew the desert cities, even those that had been desolate for many generations.

Footnotes

Isa. 61:4
Isa. 61:4

See חרב chereb, sword, Strong's #2719. Notably, Joel 3:20,

"Hammer the ploughshares of yourself into swords [חרבוֹת]"

Isaiah 2:4

"They have hammered the swords [חרבוֹת] of themselves into ploughshares"