2 Kings 19:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yōšᵊḇêhen qiṣrê-yād ḥattû and-yēḇōšû, hāyû 'ēśeḇ śādeh and-yîraq deše' ḥăṣîr gaggôt and-šᵊdēpâ before qāmâ.

Grammar Details

*yōšᵊḇêhen*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their inhabitants
*qiṣrê*: adjective masculine plural construct - short of
*yād*: noun feminine singular - hand/strength
*ḥattû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were dismayed
*yēḇōšû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they were ashamed
*hāyû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were
*'ēśeḇ*: noun masculine singular construct - plant/herb of
*śādeh*: noun masculine singular - field
*yîraq*: noun masculine singular construct - green thing/vegetation of
*deše'*: noun masculine singular - tender grass
*ḥăṣîr*: noun masculine singular construct - grass/hay of
*gaggôt*: noun masculine plural - roofs
*šᵊdēpâ*: noun feminine singular - blighted grain
*qāmâ*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it stood

Word Meanings

*yōšᵊḇêhen*: their inhabitants/residents/dwellers
*qiṣrê*: short of/lacking/limited in
*yād*: hand/strength/power
*ḥattû*: they were dismayed/shattered/broken
*yēḇōšû*: they were ashamed/disappointed/disgraced
*hāyû*: they were/became/existed as
*'ēśeḇ*: plant/herb/vegetation
*śādeh*: field/open country/land
*yîraq*: green thing/vegetation/herbs
*deše'*: tender grass/first shoots/fresh growth
*ḥăṣîr*: grass/hay/greenery
*gaggôt*: roofs/housetops
*šᵊdēpâ*: blighted grain/scorched plants/grain blasted by east wind
*qāmâ*: it stood/grew up/appeared

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:23 : 23 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
Ps 48:4-7 : 4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. 5 They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away. 6 Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
Ps 129:6-8 : 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up; 7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.
Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Jer 50:36-37 : 36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
Jer 51:32 : 32 and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

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