Isaiah 34:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֽוּא־הִפִּ֤יל לָהֶן֙ גּוֹרָ֔ל וְיָד֛וֹ חִלְּקַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם בַּקָּ֑ו עַד־עוֹלָם֙ יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ לְד֥וֹר וָד֖וֹר יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃ ס

Transliteration

wĕhûʾ-hippîl lāhen gôrāl wĕyādô ḥillĕqattâ lāhem baqqāw ʿad-ʿôlām yîrāšûhā lĕdôr wādôr yiškĕnû-bāh

Grammar Details

*wĕhûʾ*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - and he
*hippîl*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has cast
*lāhen*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - for them
*gôrāl*: masculine singular noun - lot
*wĕyādô*: conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his hand
*ḥillĕqattâ*: piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - has divided it
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*baqqāw*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the measuring line
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - eternity/forever
*yîrāšûhā*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - they will possess it
*lĕdôr*: preposition + masculine singular noun - to generation
*wādôr*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and generation
*yiškĕnû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will dwell
*bāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*hippîl*: has cast/has thrown/has made fall
*gôrāl*: lot/lot (for dividing)/portion
*yādô*: his hand
*ḥillĕqattâ*: has divided it/has apportioned it/has allotted it
*qāw*: measuring line/cord/rule
*ʿôlām*: eternity/forever/perpetuity
*yîrāšûhā*: they will possess it/they will inherit it
*dôr*: generation/age/period
*yiškĕnû*: they will dwell/they will inhabit/they will reside

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 34:10 : 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Ps 78:55 : 55 He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. 22 And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isa 17:14 : 14 At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Josh 18:8 : 8 And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
Jer 13:25 : 25 This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Acts 13:19 : 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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