Isaiah 60:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַקָּטֹן֙ יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לָאֶ֔לֶף וְהַצָּעִ֖יר לְג֣וֹי עָצ֑וּם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּעִתָּ֥הּ אֲחִישֶֽׁנָּה

Transliteration

The qāṭōn yihyeh to ʾelep, and the ṣāʿîr to gôy ʿāṣûm; I YHWH in its ʿittāh I will ʾăḥîšennâ.

Grammar Details

*qāṭōn*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - small/little
*yihyeh*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be
*ʾelep*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - thousand
*ṣāʿîr*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - young/insignificant
*gôy*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - nation
*ʿāṣûm*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - mighty/numerous
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*ʿittāh*: noun, feminine, singular, construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its time
*ʾăḥîšennâ*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I will hasten it

Word Meanings

*qāṭōn*: small/little/insignificant/young
*ʾelep*: thousand/clan
*ṣāʿîr*: young/insignificant/least
*gôy*: nation/people
*ʿāṣûm*: mighty/numerous/strong
*ʿittāh*: its time/its appointed time
*ʾăḥîšennâ*: I will hasten it/I will quickly bring it about

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Referenced Verses

Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Matt 13:31-32 : 31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Acts 2:41 : 41 They then that {G780} received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 5:14 : 14 and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;
Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
Isa 66:8 : 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
Dan 2:35 : 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But {G0} forget {G5209} not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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