Isaiah 46:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֠שָּׂאֻהוּ עַל־כָּתֵ֨ף יִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּ וְיַנִּיחֻ֤הוּ תַחְתָּיו֙ וְיַֽעֲמֹ֔ד מִמְּקוֹמ֖וֹ לֹ֣א יָמִ֑ישׁ אַף־יִצְעַ֤ק אֵלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֔ה מִצָּרָת֖וֹ לֹ֥א יוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

yiśśāʾuhû upon-kātēp, yisbəluhû wə-yannîḥuhû under-him wə-yaʿămōd; from-məqômô lōʾ yāmîš; indeed-yiṣʿaq to-him wə-lōʾ yaʿăneh, from-ṣārātô lōʾ yôšîʿennû.

Grammar Details

*yiśśāʾuhû*: imperfect, 3rd plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will carry him
*kātēp*: noun, feminine, singular - shoulder
*yisbəluhû*: imperfect, 3rd plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will bear him
*yannîḥuhû*: imperfect, 3rd plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix, hiphil - they will set him down
*yaʿămōd*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will stand
*məqômô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his place
*yāmîš*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - he will move
*yiṣʿaq*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will cry out
*yaʿăneh*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will answer
*ṣārātô*: noun, feminine, plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his troubles
*yôšîʿennû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix, hiphil - he will save him

Word Meanings

*yiśśāʾuhû*: they lift him/they carry him/they bear him
*yisbəluhû*: they bear him/they carry him/they support him
*yannîḥuhû*: they set him down/they place him/they leave him
*yaʿămōd*: he stands/he remains/he endures
*yāmîš*: he moves/he departs/he removes
*yiṣʿaq*: he cries out/he calls/he shouts
*yaʿăneh*: he answers/he responds/he replies
*ṣārātô*: his troubles/his distress/his adversities
*yôšîʿennû*: he saves him/he delivers him/he rescues him

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Referenced Verses

Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Jer 10:5 : 5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Dan 3:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Jonah 1:5 : 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Jonah 1:14-16 : 14 Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
Judg 10:12-14 : 12 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
1 Sam 5:3 : 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about the altar which was made.
1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Isa 37:38 : 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [beast].
Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

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