Isaiah 24:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ְ֠הָיָה הַנָּ֞ס מִקּ֤וֹל הַפַּ֙חַד֙ יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־הַפַּ֔חַת וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַפַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח כִּֽי־אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת מִמָּרוֹם֙ נִפְתָּ֔חוּ וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-hāyāh the-nās from-qôl the-paḥad yippōl to-the-paḥat and-the-ʿôleh from-tôk the-paḥat yillākēd in-the-pāḥ kî-ʾărubbôt from-mārôm niptāḥû and-yirʿăšû môsədê ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*hāyāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with conjunction ו - and it will be
*nās*: Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one fleeing
*qôl*: common noun, masculine singular construct with preposition מ - from noise/sound of
*paḥad*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the terror
*yippōl*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will fall
*paḥat*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the pit
*ʿôleh*: Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article and conjunction ו - and the one coming up
*tôk*: common noun, masculine singular construct with preposition מ - from midst of
*yillākēd*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be caught
*pāḥ*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition ב - in the snare
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾărubbôt*: common noun, feminine plural - windows/floodgates
*mārôm*: common noun, masculine singular with preposition מ - from on high
*niptāḥû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are opened
*yirʿăšû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - they shake
*môsədê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - foundations of
*ʾāreṣ*: common noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*nās*: one fleeing/fugitive/escapee
*qôl*: noise/sound/voice
*paḥad*: terror/dread/fear
*yippōl*: will fall/shall fall/drops
*paḥat*: pit/hole/trap
*ʿôleh*: one coming up/one climbing out/one ascending
*yillākēd*: will be caught/will be trapped/will be snared
*ʾărubbôt*: windows/floodgates/sluices
*mārôm*: on high/heights/heaven
*niptāḥû*: are opened/are uncovered
*yirʿăšû*: shake/quake/tremble
*môsədê*: foundations/bases/supports

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Referenced Verses

Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Ps 18:7 : 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Ps 46:2-3 : 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}
Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Gen 19:24 : 24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
Deut 32:22-26 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them: 24 [ They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. 25 [Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Josh 10:10-11 : 10 And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Job 18:8-9 : 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. 9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him. 10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. 13 The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members. 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors. 15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
Job 20:24 : 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

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