Isaiah 36:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הִ֛יא לֵאמֹ֖ר לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽהוּ

Transliteration

And wayyaḥărîšû and wəlōʾ-ʿānû ʾōṯô dāḇār for kî-miṣwaṯ ham-melek hîʾ saying lēʾmōr lōʾ ṯaʿănûhû

Grammar Details

*wayyaḥărîšû*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they kept silent
*wəlōʾ-ʿānû*: waw conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they did not answer
*ʾōṯô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
*dāḇār*: noun masculine singular - word/thing
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*miṣwaṯ*: construct noun feminine singular - command of
*ham-melek*: definite article + noun - the king
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯaʿănûhû*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you shall answer him

Word Meanings

*yaḥărîšû*: kept silent/were quiet/held their peace
*ʿānû*: answered/responded/replied
*dāḇār*: word/matter/thing
*miṣwaṯ*: command/commandment/order
*ṯaʿănûhû*: you shall answer him/respond to him

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Referenced Verses

Prov 26:4 : 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
2 Kgs 18:26 : 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
2 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Ps 38:13-15 : 13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Ps 39:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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