Isaiah 41:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָא֤וּ אִיִּים֙ וְיִירָ֔אוּ קְצ֥וֹת הָאָ֖רֶץ יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ קָרְב֖וּ וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃

Transliteration

rāʾû ʾiyyîm wəyîrāʾû qəṣôt hāʾāreṣ yeḥĕrāḏû qārəḇû wayyeʾĕtāyûn

Grammar Details

*rāʾû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they saw
*ʾiyyîm*: noun, masculine plural - islands/coastlands
*wəyîrāʾû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they fear
*qəṣôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - ends of
*hāʾāreṣ*: article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
*yeḥĕrāḏû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they tremble
*qārəḇû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they approached/drew near
*wayyeʾĕtāyûn*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with paragogic nun - and they came

Word Meanings

*rāʾû*: saw/perceived/observed/witnessed
*ʾiyyîm*: islands/coastlands/coastal regions
*wəyîrāʾû*: and feared/were afraid/were in awe
*qəṣôt*: ends/extremities/limits
*yeḥĕrāḏû*: trembled/shook/were terrified
*qārəḇû*: drew near/approached/came close
*wayyeʾĕtāyûn*: and they came/arrived/approached

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Referenced Verses

Josh 5:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Ps 67:7 : 7 God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Ezek 26:15-16 : 15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ps 65:8 : 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Ps 66:3 : 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Gen 10:5 : 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Exod 15:14 : 14 The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
Josh 2:10 : 10 For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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