Isaiah 4:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסֻכָּ֛ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְצֵל־יוֹמָ֖ם מֵחֹ֑רֶב וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ וּלְמִסְתּ֔וֹר מִזֶּ֖רֶם וּמִמָּטָֽר׃ פ

Transliteration

And sukkāh tihyeh for ṣēl-yōmām from ḥōreb and for maḥseh and for mistōr from zerem and from māṭār.

Grammar Details

*sukkāh*: noun, feminine singular - booth/shelter
*tihyeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will be
*ṣēl*: noun, masculine singular construct - shade/shadow of
*yōmām*: adverb - by day
*ḥōreb*: noun, masculine singular - heat/drought
*maḥseh*: noun, masculine singular - refuge/shelter
*mistōr*: noun, masculine singular - hiding place/shelter
*zerem*: noun, masculine singular - downpour/flood
*māṭār*: noun, masculine singular - rain

Word Meanings

*sukkāh*: booth/tabernacle/shelter/pavilion
*ṣēl*: shade/shadow/protection
*ḥōreb*: heat/drought/parching heat
*maḥseh*: refuge/shelter/place of protection
*mistōr*: hiding place/shelter/refuge
*zerem*: downpour/flood/heavy rain
*māṭār*: rain/rainfall

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Referenced Verses

Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isa 8:14 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ps 121:5-6 : 5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
Isa 32:18-19 : 18 And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places. 19 But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.
Ezek 11:16 : 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Rev 7:16 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

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