Isaiah 33:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־עַם נוֹעָז לֹא תִרְאֶה עַם עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה מִשְּׁמוֹעַ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֹן אֵין בִּינָה

Transliteration

ʾet-ʿam nôʿāz not tirʾeh ʿam ʿimqê śāpâ from-šəmôaʿ nilʿag lāšôn no bînâ

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿam*: noun, masculine singular - people
*nôʿāz*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - fierce
*tirʾeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will see
*ʿimqê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - deep of
*śāpâ*: noun, feminine singular - lip/language
*šəmôaʿ*: Qal infinitive construct - hearing/understanding
*nilʿag*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - stammering
*lāšôn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue
*bînâ*: noun, feminine singular - understanding

Word Meanings

*ʿam*: people/nation
*nôʿāz*: fierce/barbarous/insolent
*tirʾeh*: you will see/you will perceive
*ʿimqê*: deep/obscure/unintelligible
*śāpâ*: lip/language/speech
*šəmôaʿ*: hearing/understanding
*nilʿag*: stammering/babbling/speaking unintelligibly
*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*bînâ*: understanding/discernment/insight

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 28:11 : 11 Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
Deut 28:49-50 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Ezek 3:5-6 : 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; 6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.
2 Kgs 19:32 : 32 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Exod 14:13 : 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
1 Cor 14:21 : 21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.

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