Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.3", "source": "וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת מִבְצָר֙ מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק וּשְׁאָ֣ר אֲרָ֑ם כִּכְב֤וֹד בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִֽהְי֔וּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃", "text": "*wə-nišbat* *miḇṣār* from-*ʾep̄rayim* *û-mamlāḵāh* from-*Dammeśeq* *û-šəʾār* *ʾărām* like-*ḵəḇôḏ* *bənê*-*yiśrāʾēl* *yihyû* *nəʾum* *YHWH* *ṣəḇāʾôṯ*", "grammar": { "*wə-nišbat*": "conjunction + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will cease/be removed", "*miḇṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - fortress/stronghold", "from-*ʾep̄rayim*": "preposition מֵ + proper noun - from Ephraim", "*û-mamlāḵāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and kingdom", "from-*Dammeśeq*": "preposition מֵ + proper noun - from Damascus", "*û-šəʾār*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and remainder of", "*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria", "like-*ḵəḇôḏ*": "preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - like glory of", "*bənê*-*yiśrāʾēl*": "noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - children of Israel", "*yihyû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be", "*nəʾum*": "noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*ṣəḇāʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies" }, "variants": { "*miḇṣār*": "fortress/stronghold/fortified city", "*šəʾār*": "remainder/remnant/rest", "*ḵəḇôḏ*": "glory/honor/dignity" } }

Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.5", "source": "וְהָיָ֗ה כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּזְרֹע֖וֹ שִׁבֳּלִ֣ים יִקְצ֑וֹר וְהָיָ֛ה כִּמְלַקֵּ֥ט שִׁבֳּלִ֖ים בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃", "text": "*wə-hāyāh* like-*keʾĕsōp̄* *qāṣîr* *qāmāh* *û-zərōʿô* *šibbŏlîm* *yiqṣôr* *wə-hāyāh* like-*kiməlaqqēṭ* *šibbŏlîm* in-*ʿēmeq* *rəp̄āʾîm*", "grammar": { "*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be", "like-*keʾĕsōp̄*": "preposition כְּ + preposition כְּ + Qal infinitive construct - like gathering", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest/harvester", "*qāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - standing grain", "*û-zərōʿô*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his arm", "*šibbŏlîm*": "noun, feminine plural - ears (of grain)", "*yiqṣôr*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reaps/harvests", "*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be", "like-*kiməlaqqēṭ*": "preposition כְּ + Piel participle, masculine singular - like one gathering", "*šibbŏlîm*": "noun, feminine plural - ears (of grain)", "in-*ʿēmeq*": "preposition בְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - in valley of", "*rəp̄āʾîm*": "proper noun - Rephaim" }, "variants": { "*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvester/reaping", "*qāmāh*": "standing grain/stalks", "*zərōʿô*": "his arm/his strength/his power", "*šibbŏlîm*": "ears of grain/sheaves", "*rəp̄āʾîm*": "Rephaim (place name)/giants/shades" } }

Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.6", "source": "וְנִשְׁאַר־בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה גַּרְגְּרִ֖ים בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר אַרְבָּעָ֣ה חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "*wə-nišʾar*-in-it *ʿôlēlōṯ* like-*kənōqep̄* *zayiṯ* *šənayim* *šəlōšāh* *gargərîm* in-*rōʾš* *ʾāmîr* *ʾarbāʿāh* *ḥămiššāh* in-*sisʿêp̄êyhā* *pōriyyāh* *nəʾum*-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl*", "grammar": { "*wə-nišʾar*-in-it": "conjunction + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition בְּ + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and will be left in it", "*ʿôlēlōṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - gleanings", "like-*kənōqep̄*": "preposition כְּ + Qal infinitive construct - like beating", "*zayiṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - olive tree", "*šənayim*": "numeral, masculine dual - two", "*šəlōšāh*": "numeral, masculine - three", "*gargərîm*": "noun, masculine plural - berries", "in-*rōʾš*": "preposition בְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - in top of", "*ʾāmîr*": "noun, masculine singular - top/uppermost branch", "*ʾarbāʿāh*": "numeral, masculine - four", "*ḥămiššāh*": "numeral, masculine - five", "in-*sisʿêp̄êyhā*": "preposition בְּ + noun, masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in its branches", "*pōriyyāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - fruitful", "*nəʾum*-*YHWH*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - declaration of YHWH", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel" }, "variants": { "*ʿôlēlōṯ*": "gleanings/remnants", "*nōqep̄*": "beating/shaking down", "*gargərîm*": "berries/olives", "*ʾāmîr*": "top/uppermost branch/treetop", "*sisʿêp̄êyhā*": "its branches/its boughs/its fruitful branches", "*pōriyyāh*": "fruitful/fertile/fruit-bearing" } }

Verse 8

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.8", "source": "וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁעֶ֔ה אֶל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדָ֑יו וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו֙ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֔ה וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְהָחַמָּנִֽים׃", "text": "*wə-lōʾ* *yišʿeh* to-*ha-mizbəḥôṯ* *maʿăśēh* *yāḏāyw* *wa-ʾăšer* *ʿāśû* *ʾeṣbəʿōṯāyw* *lōʾ* *yirʾeh* *wə-hā-ʾăšērîm* *wə-hā-ḥammānîm*", "grammar": { "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yišʿeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will look/gaze", "to-*ha-mizbəḥôṯ*": "preposition אֶל + definite article + noun, feminine plural - to the altars", "*maʿăśēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - work of", "*yāḏāyw*": "noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hands", "*wa-ʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative particle - and which/that which", "*ʿāśû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - made", "*ʾeṣbəʿōṯāyw*": "noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fingers", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yirʾeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will see/regard", "*wə-hā-ʾăšērîm*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine plural - and the Asherim/sacred poles", "*wə-hā-ḥammānîm*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and the sun pillars/incense altars" }, "variants": { "*mizbəḥôṯ*": "altars/sacrificial places", "*ʾăšērîm*": "Asherim/sacred poles/images of Asherah", "*ḥammānîm*": "sun pillars/incense altars/sun images" } }

Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.9", "source": "בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יִהְי֣וּ ׀ עָרֵ֣י מָעֻזּ֗וֹ כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת הַחֹ֙רֶשׁ֙ וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָזְב֔וּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֖ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃", "text": "In-*ha-yôm* *ha-hûʾ* *yihyû* *ʿārê* *māʿuzzô* like-*kaʿăzûḇaṯ* *ha-ḥōreš* *wə-hā-ʾāmîr* *ʾăšer* *ʿāzḇû* from-before *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl* *wə-hāyəṯāh* *šəmāmāh*", "grammar": { "In-*ha-yôm*": "preposition בְּ + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day", "*ha-hûʾ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - the that/that", "*yihyû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be", "*ʿārê*": "noun, feminine plural construct - cities of", "*māʿuzzô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his stronghold", "like-*kaʿăzûḇaṯ*": "preposition כְּ + noun, feminine singular construct - like abandonment of", "*ha-ḥōreš*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the forest/wooded height", "*wə-hā-ʾāmîr*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the top/uppermost branch", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that", "*ʿāzḇû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they abandoned", "from-before": "preposition מִן + preposition פְּנֵי - from before/from face of", "*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - children of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*wə-hāyəṯāh*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it will be", "*šəmāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - desolation" }, "variants": { "*māʿuzzô*": "his stronghold/his protection/his fortress", "*ʿăzûḇaṯ*": "abandonment/forsaking", "*ḥōreš*": "forest/wooded height/wood", "*ʾāmîr*": "top/uppermost branch/summit", "*šəmāmāh*": "desolation/wasteland" } }

Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.10", "source": "כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃", "text": "For *šāḵaḥat* *ʾĕlōhê* *yišʿēḵ* *wə-ṣûr* *māʿuzzēḵ* *lōʾ* *zāḵārt* therefore *tiṭṭəʿî* *niṭʿê* *naʿămānîm* *û-zəmōraṯ* *zār* *tizrāʿennû*", "grammar": { "For": "conjunction כִּי - for/because", "*šāḵaḥat*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - you have forgotten", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of", "*yišʿēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your salvation", "*wə-ṣûr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and rock of", "*māʿuzzēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your stronghold", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*zāḵārt*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - you have remembered", "therefore": "preposition עַל + adverb כֵּן - therefore/because of this", "*tiṭṭəʿî*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will plant", "*niṭʿê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - plants of", "*naʿămānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - pleasantness/pleasant plants", "*û-zəmōraṯ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and vine/branch/slip of", "*zār*": "adjective, masculine singular - strange/foreign", "*tizrāʿennû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you will sow it" }, "variants": { "*yišʿēḵ*": "your salvation/your deliverance", "*ṣûr*": "rock/refuge/strength", "*māʿuzzēḵ*": "your stronghold/your fortress/your strength", "*niṭʿê*": "plants/plantings", "*naʿămānîm*": "pleasant plants/pleasant things/delightful plants", "*zəmōraṯ*": "vine/branch/slip", "*zār*": "strange/foreign/alien" } }

Verse 11

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.11", "source": "בְּי֤וֹם נִטְעֵךְ֙ תְּשַׂגְשֵׂ֔גִי וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר זַרְעֵ֣ךְ תַּפְרִ֑יחִי נֵ֥ד קָצִ֛יר בְּי֥וֹם נַחֲלָ֖ה וּכְאֵ֥ב אָנֽוּשׁ׃", "text": "In-*yôm* *niṭʿēḵ* *təśagśēgî* *û-ḇabbōqer* *zarʿēḵ* *tap̄rîḥî* *nēḏ* *qāṣîr* in-*yôm* *naḥălāh* *û-ḵəʾēḇ* *ʾānûš*", "grammar": { "In-*yôm*": "preposition בְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - in day of", "*niṭʿēḵ*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your planting", "*təśagśēgî*": "verb, Pilpel imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will make grow/flourish", "*û-ḇabbōqer*": "conjunction + preposition בְּ + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and in the morning", "*zarʿēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your seed/planting", "*tap̄rîḥî*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will cause to blossom", "*nēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - heap of", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest", "in-*yôm*": "preposition בְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - in day of", "*naḥălāh*": "noun, feminine singular - sickness/grief/inheritance", "*û-ḵəʾēḇ*": "conjunction + preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - and like pain of", "*ʾānûš*": "adjective, masculine singular - desperate/incurable" }, "variants": { "*təśagśēgî*": "make grow/flourish/hedge about", "*tap̄rîḥî*": "cause to blossom/sprout/flourish", "*nēḏ*": "heap/pile", "*naḥălāh*": "sickness/grief/inheritance/possession", "*ʾānûš*": "desperate/incurable/severe/grievous" } }

Verse 12

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.12", "source": "ה֗וֹי הֲמוֹן֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּהֲמ֥וֹת יַמִּ֖ים יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּשְׁא֣וֹן לְאֻמִּ֔ים כִּשְׁא֛וֹן מַ֥יִם כַּבִּירִ֖ים יִשָּׁאֽוּן׃", "text": "*hôy* *hămôn* *ʿammîm* *rabbîm* like-*kahămôṯ* *yammîm* *yehĕmāyûn* *û-šəʾôn* *ləʾummîm* like-*kišʾôn* *mayim* *kabbîrîm* *yiššāʾûn*", "grammar": { "*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas", "*hămôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - tumult/multitude of", "*ʿammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - peoples", "*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - many/great", "like-*kahămôṯ*": "preposition כְּ + Qal infinitive construct - like roaring of", "*yammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - seas", "*yehĕmāyûn*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they roar", "*û-šəʾôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and rushing of", "*ləʾummîm*": "noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations", "like-*kišʾôn*": "preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - like rushing of", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*kabbîrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - mighty/many", "*yiššāʾûn*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they roar/crash" }, "variants": { "*hămôn*": "tumult/multitude/roar/crowd", "*yehĕmāyûn*": "they roar/they make noise/they are tumultuous", "*šəʾôn*": "rushing/roaring/tumult", "*kabbîrîm*": "mighty/many/great/powerful", "*yiššāʾûn*": "they roar/they crash/they make noise" } }

Verse 13

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.13", "source": "לְאֻמִּ֗ים כִּשְׁא֞וֹן מַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ יִשָּׁא֔וּן וְגָ֥עַר בּ֖וֹ וְנָ֣ס מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְרֻדַּ֗ף כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ לִפְנֵי־ר֔וּחַ וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה׃", "text": "*ləʾummîm* like-*kišʾôn* *mayim* *rabbîm* *yiššāʾûn* *wə-gāʿar* in-him *wə-nās* from-*mimmerḥāq* *wə-ruddap̄* like-*kəmōṣ* *hārîm* before-*rûaḥ* *û-ḵəgalgal* before-*sûp̄āh*", "grammar": { "*ləʾummîm*": "noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations", "like-*kišʾôn*": "preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - like rushing of", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - many/great", "*yiššāʾûn*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they roar/crash", "*wə-gāʿar*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will rebuke", "in-him": "preposition בְּ + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in him", "*wə-nās*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will flee", "from-*mimmerḥāq*": "preposition מִן + noun, masculine singular - from afar", "*wə-ruddap̄*": "conjunction + verb, Pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will be chased", "like-*kəmōṣ*": "preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - like chaff of", "*hārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - mountains", "before-*rûaḥ*": "preposition לִפְנֵי + noun, feminine singular - before wind", "*û-ḵəgalgal*": "conjunction + preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular - and like whirling dust/tumbleweed", "before-*sûp̄āh*": "preposition לִפְנֵי + noun, feminine singular - before storm/whirlwind" }, "variants": { "*yiššāʾûn*": "they roar/they crash/they make noise", "*gāʿar*": "rebuke/reprove/chide", "*mimmerḥāq*": "from afar/from a distance", "*ruddap̄*": "be chased/be driven/be pursued", "*mōṣ*": "chaff/straw/stubble", "*galgal*": "whirling dust/tumbleweed/wheel", "*sûp̄āh*": "storm/whirlwind/tempest" } }

Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.17.14", "source": "לְעֵ֥ת עֶ֙רֶב֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה בַלָּהָ֔ה בְּטֶ֥רֶם בֹּ֖קֶר אֵינֶ֑נּוּ זֶ֚ה חֵ֣לֶק שׁוֹסֵ֔ינוּ וְגוֹרָ֖ל לְבֹזְזֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "At-*ʿēṯ* *ʿereḇ* *wə-hinnēh* *ḇallāhāh* before *bōqer* *ʾênennû* *zeh* *ḥēleq* *šôsênû* *wə-gôrāl* *ləḇōzəzênû*", "grammar": { "At-*ʿēṯ*": "preposition לְ + noun, feminine singular construct - at time of", "*ʿereḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - evening", "*wə-hinnēh*": "conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold", "*ḇallāhāh*": "noun, feminine singular - terror/distress", "before": "preposition בְּטֶרֶם - before", "*bōqer*": "noun, masculine singular - morning", "*ʾênennû*": "particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he is not", "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this", "*ḥēleq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - portion of", "*šôsênû*": "Qal participle, masculine plural + 1st common plural suffix - our plunderers", "*wə-gôrāl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and lot/portion", "*ləḇōzəzênû*": "preposition לְ + Qal participle, masculine plural + 1st common plural suffix - to our spoilers" }, "variants": { "*ʿēṯ*": "time/season/appointed time", "*ʿereḇ*": "evening/night", "*ḇallāhāh*": "terror/distress/sudden destruction", "*ʾênennû*": "he is not/it is no more/they are gone", "*ḥēleq*": "portion/share/territory", "*šôsênû*": "our plunderers/those who spoil us", "*gôrāl*": "lot/portion/share", "*ləḇōzəzênû*": "to our spoilers/to those who plunder us" } }