Isaiah 11:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָשָׂ֥א נֵס֙ לַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאָסַ֖ף נִדְחֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּנְפֻצ֤וֹת יְהוּדָה֙ יְקַבֵּ֔ץ מֵאַרְבַּ֖ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-nāśā' nēs laggôyim wə-'āsap nidḥēy yiśrā'ēl ûnəpuṣôt yəhûdāh yəqabbēṣ mē'arba' kanpôt hā'āreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə-nāśā'*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will lift up
*nēs*: masculine singular noun - banner/standard
*laggôyim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - to the nations
*wə-'āsap*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will gather
*nidḥēy*: Niphal participle, masculine plural construct - outcasts/dispersed ones of
*yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ûnəpuṣôt*: conjunction + feminine plural construct - and scattered ones of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*yəqabbēṣ*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will gather
*mē'arba'*: preposition + feminine singular noun - from four
*kanpôt*: feminine plural construct - corners/wings of
*hā'āreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*nāśā'*: lift up/raise/carry
*nēs*: banner/standard/signal/pole
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/Gentiles
*'āsap*: gather/collect/assemble
*nidḥēy*: outcasts/dispersed ones/banished ones
*nəpuṣôt*: scattered ones/dispersed ones
*yəqabbēṣ*: gather/collect/assemble
*kanpôt*: corners/wings/extremities/quarters

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Referenced Verses

Ps 147:2 : 2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Isa 11:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
Isa 56:8 : 8 The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own that are gathered.
Zeph 3:10 : 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Zech 10:6 : 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.
John 7:35 : 35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
Isa 62:10 : 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Ps 68:22 : 22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea;
Isa 18:3 : 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.
Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
Isa 49:11-12 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. 12 Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

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