Isaiah 37:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֥י קַ֖רְתִּי וְשָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

ʾănî qartî wə-šātîtî māyim, wə-ʾaḥrîb with-kap-pəʿāmay all yəʾōrê māṣôr.

Grammar Details

*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person common singular - I
*qartî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person common singular - I dug
*wə-šātîtî*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 1st person common singular - and I drank
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*wə-ʾaḥrîb*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person common singular - and I will dry up
*kap*: noun, feminine singular construct - sole of
*pəʿāmay*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1cs suffix - my feet
*yəʾōrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - rivers of
*māṣôr*: proper name - Egypt/besieged places

Word Meanings

*qartî*: I dug/I excavated
*šātîtî*: I drank/I consumed
*ʾaḥrîb*: I will dry up/cause to be desolate
*kap*: sole/palm/hollow
*pəʿāmay*: my feet/my steps
*yəʾōrê*: rivers/canals/streams
*māṣôr*: Egypt/besieged places/fortifications

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
2 Kgs 19:23-24 : 23 By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Isa 36:12 : 12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
Deut 11:10 : 10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

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