Isaiah 17:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֗וֹי הֲמוֹן֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּהֲמ֥וֹת יַמִּ֖ים יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּשְׁא֣וֹן לְאֻמִּ֔ים כִּשְׁא֛וֹן מַ֥יִם כַּבִּירִ֖ים יִשָּׁאֽוּן׃

Transliteration

hôy hămôn ʿammîm rabbîm like-kahămôṯ yammîm yehĕmāyûn û-šəʾôn ləʾummîm like-kišʾôn mayim kabbîrîm yiššāʾûn

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:4 : 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Jer 6:23 : 23 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
Ezek 43:2 : 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
Rev 17:1 : 1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, {G3427} Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;
Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
Ps 46:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Ps 65:6-7 : 6 Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might; 7 Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Isa 5:26-30 : 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. 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind: 29 their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver. 30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 9:5 : 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.
Isa 28:17 : 17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

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