Isaiah 59:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Bêṣê ṣipʿônî biqqēʿû and-qûrê ʿakkābîš yeʾĕrōgû the-ʾōkēl from-bêṣêhem yāmût and-the-zûreh tibbāqaʿ ʾepʿeh

Grammar Details

*Bêṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - eggs of
*ṣipʿônî*: noun, masculine singular - viper/poisonous snake
*biqqēʿû*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd plural - hatched/broke open
*qûrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - webs of
*ʿakkābîš*: noun, masculine singular - spider
*yeʾĕrōgû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they weave
*ʾōkēl*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one eating
*bêṣêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd plural suffix - their eggs
*yāmût*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - dies/will die
*zûreh*: verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one pressed/crushed
*tibbāqaʿ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - breaks forth/hatches
*ʾepʿeh*: noun, feminine singular - viper

Word Meanings

*ṣipʿônî*: viper/adder/poisonous snake
*biqqēʿû*: hatched/broke open
*ʿakkābîš*: spider
*yeʾĕrōgû*: weave/spin
*ʾōkēl*: eater/one who eats
*yāmût*: dies/will die
*zûreh*: pressed/crushed/squeezed
*tibbāqaʿ*: breaks forth/hatches/breaks open
*ʾepʿeh*: viper/poisonous snake

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 8:14 : 14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
Prov 23:32 : 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Isa 14:29 : 29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 12:34 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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