Isaiah 60:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִי־אֵ֖לֶּה כָּעָ֣ב תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים אֶל־אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

mî-ʾēlleh kā-ʿāḇ təʿûp̄enāh wə-ḵayyônîm ʾel-ʾărubbōṯêhem

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
*kā-ʿāḇ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a cloud
*təʿûp̄enāh*: imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they fly
*wə-ḵayyônîm*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural - and like doves
*ʾel-ʾărubbōṯêhem*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to their windows/openings

Word Meanings

*mî*: who/whom
*ʾēlleh*: these/those
*ʿāḇ*: cloud/thick cloud
*təʿûp̄enāh*: they fly/they soar/they move swiftly
*yônîm*: doves/pigeons
*ʾărubbōṯ*: windows/openings/lattices/dovecotes

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 8:8-9 : 8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Isa 60:4 : 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms.
Luke 13:29 : 29 And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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;

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