Isaiah 22:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-ʾēt bᵉqîʿê ʿîr-dāwid rᵉʾîtem that-rābbû and-tᵉqabbᵉṣû ʾēt-waters-of the-bᵉrēkāh the-taḥtônāh

Grammar Details

וְאֵ֨ת: conjunction + direct object marker
*bᵉqîʿê*: masculine plural construct - breaches of
*ʿîr*-*dāwid*: feminine singular construct + proper noun - city of David
*rᵉʾîtem*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you saw
כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - that they were many
וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural, apocopated - and you gathered
אֶת־מֵ֥י: direct object marker + masculine plural construct - waters of
הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה: definite article + feminine singular - the pool
הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה: definite article + feminine singular adjective - the lower

Word Meanings

*bᵉqîʿê*: breaches/breaks/damages
*ʿîr*-*dāwid*: city of David (Jerusalem)
*rᵉʾîtem*: you saw/observed/noticed
*rābbû*: were many/numerous/increased
*tᵉqabbᵉṣû*: you gathered/collected/stored up
*bᵉrēkāh*: pool/reservoir
*taḥtônāh*: lower/lowest

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 20:20 : 20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chr 32:1-6 : 1 After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? 5 And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
2 Chr 32:30 : 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Neh 3:16 : 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.

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