Isaiah 5:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵין־עָיֵ֤ף וְאֵין־כּוֹשֵׁל֙ בּ֔וֹ לֹ֥א יָנ֖וּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן וְלֹ֤א נִפְתַּח֙ אֵז֣וֹר חֲלָצָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א נִתַּ֖ק שְׂר֥וֹךְ נְעָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

None ʾên-ʿāyēp and none wəʾên-kôšēl in bô, he does not lōʾ yānûm and does not wəlōʾ yîšān; and not wəlōʾ niptaḥ the ʾēzôr of his ḥălāṣāyw, and not wəlōʾ nittaq the śərôk of his nəʿālāyw.

Grammar Details

• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *ʿāyēp*: adjective masculine singular - weary
• *wəʾên*: conjunction with particle of negation - and there is not
• *kôšēl*: qal participle masculine singular - stumbling
• *bô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yānûm*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he slumbers
• *wəlōʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and not
• *yîšān*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he sleeps
• *niptaḥ*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is loosened
• *ʾēzôr*: masculine singular construct - belt of
• *ḥălāṣāyw*: masculine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his loins
• *nittaq*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is broken
• *śərôk*: masculine singular construct - strap of
• *nəʿālāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sandals

Word Meanings

• *ʿāyēp*: weary/tired/exhausted
• *kôšēl*: stumbling/staggering/tottering
• *yānûm*: slumbers/dozes/nods off
• *niptaḥ*: loosened/opened/undone
• *ʾēzôr*: belt/girdle/waistband
• *nittaq*: broken/snapped/torn
• *śərôk*: strap/thong/lace

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:18 : 18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
• Joel 2:7-8 : 7 They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks. 8 Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].
• Eph 6:13-14 : 13 Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
• Deut 32:25 : 25 [Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
• 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
• Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
• Ps 18:32 : 32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
• Ps 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
• Isa 11:5 : 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
• Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
• Isa 45:5 : 5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
• Dan 5:6 : 6 Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.