Isaiah 16:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בְּשָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְנִקְלָה֙ כְּב֣וֹד מוֹאָ֔ב בְּכֹ֖ל הֶהָמ֣וֹן הָרָ֑ב וּשְׁאָ֥ר מְעַ֛ט מִזְעָ֖ר ל֥וֹא כַבִּֽיר

Transliteration

wəʿattāh dibbēr Yhwh lēʾmōr in-šālōš šānîm as-years-of śākîr wəniqlāh kəbôd môʾāb with-all the-hāmôn the-great and-šəʾār məʿaṭ mizʿār not kabbîr

Grammar Details

*wəʿattāh*: conjunction ו + adverb - and now
*dibbēr*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has spoken
*Yhwh*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
*lēʾmōr*: verb, qal infinitive construct - saying
*šālōš*: number, feminine - three
*šānîm*: noun, feminine plural - years
*śākîr*: noun, masculine singular - hired worker
*wəniqlāh*: conjunction ו + verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will be dishonored
*kəbôd*: noun, masculine singular construct - glory of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*hāmôn*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the multitude/abundance
*šəʾār*: noun, masculine singular - remnant/remainder
*məʿaṭ*: adjective, masculine singular - few/small
*mizʿār*: adjective, masculine singular - very small/insignificant
*kabbîr*: adjective, masculine singular - mighty/great

Word Meanings

*šənê śākîr*: years of a hired worker (precise/exact years)
*niqlāh*: will be dishonored/will be brought into contempt/will be lightly esteemed
*kəbôd môʾāb*: glory of Moab/splendor of Moab/wealth of Moab
*hāmôn*: multitude/abundance/wealth/noise
*məʿaṭ mizʿār*: very few/small and insignificant
*lōʾ kabbîr*: not mighty/not many/not great/feeble

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Referenced Verses

Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Isa 23:9 : 9 Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
Isa 25:10 : 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
Jer 48:42 : 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
Jer 48:46-47 : 46 Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity. 47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Nah 2:9-9 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
Gen 31:1 : 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
Deut 15:8 : 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth.
Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
Isa 15:5 : 5 My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath - shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
Isa 17:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

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