Isaiah 40:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־גֶּיא֙ יִנָּשֵׂ֔א וְכָל־הַ֥ר וְגִבְעָ֖ה יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ וְהָיָ֤ה הֶֽעָקֹב֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים לְבִקְעָֽה׃

Transliteration

kol-geyʾ yinnāśēʾ wěkol-har wěgibʿāh yišpālû wěhāyāh heʿāqōb lěmîšôr wěhārkāsîm lěbiqʿāh

Grammar Details

*kol-geyʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - 'every valley'
*yinnāśēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'will be lifted/raised'
*wěkol-har*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - 'and every mountain'
*wěgibʿāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - 'and hill'
*yišpālû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will be made low'
*wěhāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and will be'
*heʿāqōb*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - 'the crooked'
*lěmîšôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'to level ground'
*wěhārkāsîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - 'and the rough places'
*lěbiqʿāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - 'to a plain'

Word Meanings

*geyʾ*: valley/ravine
*yinnāśēʾ*: will be lifted/will be raised up
*yišpālû*: will be made low/will be brought down
*heʿāqōb*: the crooked/the uneven
*mîšôr*: level ground/plain
*hārkāsîm*: rough places/rugged ground
*biqʿāh*: plain/valley

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Referenced Verses

Luke 3:5 : 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways {G1519} smooth;
Ezek 21:26 : 26 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
Isa 2:12-15 : 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low; 13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,
Isa 45:2 : 2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
Isa 42:15-16 : 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
Job 40:11-13 : 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. 13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Luke 18:14 : 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree. 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
Prov 2:15 : 15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

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