Isaiah 13:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַ֤ל הַר־נִשְׁפֶּה֙ שְֽׂאוּ־נֵ֔ס הָרִ֥ימוּ ק֖וֹל לָהֶ֑ם הָנִ֣יפוּ יָ֔ד וְיָבֹ֖אוּ פִּתְחֵ֥י נְדִיבִֽים׃

Transliteration

Upon har-nišpeh śəʾû-nēs hārîmû qôl to-them hānîp̄û yād wə-yāḇōʾû piṯḥê nəḏîḇîm

Grammar Details

*ʿal*: preposition - upon/over
*har-nišpeh*: compound noun, masculine, singular - bare/high mountain
*śəʾû*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine plural - lift up/raise
*nēs*: noun, masculine, singular - banner/standard/signal
*hārîmû*: verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - raise up/lift up
*qôl*: noun, masculine, singular - voice/sound
*lāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*hānîp̄û*: verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - wave/beckon
*yād*: noun, feminine, singular - hand
*wə-yāḇōʾû*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will come/enter
*piṯḥê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - gates/entrances of
*nəḏîḇîm*: noun, masculine, plural - nobles/willing ones/princes

Word Meanings

*har-nišpeh*: bare mountain/high mountain/lookout mountain
*nēs*: banner/standard/signal flag
*nəḏîḇîm*: nobles/willing ones/princes/those of noble rank

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:26 : 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
Jer 51:25 : 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Isa 45:1-3 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron; 3 and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.
Isa 10:32 : 32 This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
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.
Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm. 28 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.
Isa 11:12 : 12 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.
Isa 11:15 : 15 And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.

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