Isaiah 51:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִהַ֥ר צֹעֶ֖ה לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַ וְלֹא־יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר לַחְמֽוֹ

Transliteration

mihar ṣō'ê ləhippātēaḥ wəlō'-yāmût laššaḥat wəlō' yeḥsar laḥmô

Grammar Details

*mihar*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he hastened
*ṣō'ê*: Qal participle, masculine singular - one who is bowed down
*ləhippātēaḥ*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to be loosed/opened
*wəlō'*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yāmût*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will die
*laššaḥat*: preposition + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - to the pit
*yeḥsar*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will lack
*laḥmô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bread

Word Meanings

*mihar*: hastened/hurried
*ṣō'ê*: one who is bowed down/prisoner/captive
*ləhippātēaḥ*: to be loosed/to be released/to be set free
*šaḥat*: pit/grave/destruction
*yeḥsar*: will lack/will be in need of

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Referenced Verses

Zech 9:11 : 11 As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
Isa 48:20 : 20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit [on thy throne], O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
Acts 12:7-8 : 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, {G1453} saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
Jer 38:6-9 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. 7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,) 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Ezra 1:5 : 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
Lam 3:53-54 : 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Jer 37:16 : 16 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

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