Isaiah 2:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ הָאָדָ֔ם אֵ֚ת אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֖ת אֱלִילֵ֣י זְהָב֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ֙ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת לַחְפֹּ֥ר פֵּר֖וֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים׃

Transliteration

In-the-yôm the-hûʾ yašlîk the-ʾādām ʾēt ʾĕlîlê kaspô and-ʾēt ʾĕlîlê zəhābô which ʿāśû-for-him to-ləhištaḥăwōt, to-the-ḥăpōr pērôt and-to-the-ʿăṭallēpîm.

Grammar Details

*ba-yôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day
*ha-hûʾ*: definite article + pronoun, masculine singular - that
*yašlîk*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will throw/cast away
*hā-ʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʾĕlîlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - idols of
*kaspô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his silver
*wə-ʾēt*: conjunction + direct object marker
*zəhābô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gold
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʿāśû-lô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they made for him
*lə-hištaḥăwōt*: preposition + verb, hishtaphel infinitive construct - to worship/bow down
*la-ḥăpōr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to the mole
*pērôt*: noun, feminine plural - rats
*wə-lā-ʿăṭallēpîm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and to the bats

Word Meanings

*yašlîk*: will throw/cast away/discard
*ʾĕlîlê*: idols/worthless things/nothings
*ləhištaḥăwōt*: to worship/bow down/prostrate oneself
*ḥăpōr pērôt*: moles/burrowing animals/rodents
*ʿăṭallēpîm*: bats/flying creatures

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isa 31:7 : 7 For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Lev 11:19 : 19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [beast].
Isa 46:6 : 6 Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
Phil 3:7-8 : 7 Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

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