Isaiah 51:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ רֹגַ֣ע הַיָּ֔ם וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ גַּלָּ֑יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ

Transliteration

wə'ānōkî YHWH 'ĕlōhêkā rōga' hayyām wayyehĕmû gallāyw YHWH ṣəbā'ôt šəmô

Grammar Details

*wə'ānōkî*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
YHWH: proper noun - divine name
*'ĕlōhêkā*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*rōga'*: Qal participle, masculine singular - stirring/agitating
*hayyām*: definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the sea
*wayyehĕmû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they roared
*gallāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its waves
*ṣəbā'ôt*: common noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*šəmô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

*rōga'*: stirring/agitating/troubling
*yehĕmû*: roared/growled/raged
*YHWH ṣəbā'ôt*: YHWH of hosts/YHWH of armies

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Referenced Verses

Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:
Amos 9:5-6 : 5 For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt; 6 [ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.
Neh 9:11 : 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Job 26:12 : 12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
Ps 74:13 : 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Ps 114:3-5 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Ps 136:13 : 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
Isa 47:4 : 4 Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 48:2 : 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):
Isa 51:10 : 10 Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

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