Isaiah 65:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ לִנְוֵה־צֹ֔אן וְעֵ֥מֶק עָכ֖וֹר לְרֵ֣בֶץ בָּקָ֑ר לְעַמִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּרָשֽׁוּנִי׃

Transliteration

and-hayah the-Sharon to-neveh-tson and-ʿemeq ʿAkhor to-rebets baqar for-ʿammi who derashuni

Grammar Details

*hayah*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
*Sharon*: proper noun - Sharon (place name)
*neveh*: masculine singular construct - pasture of
*tson*: feminine singular noun - flock/sheep
*ʿemeq*: masculine singular construct - valley of
*ʿAkhor*: proper noun - Achor (place name)
*rebets*: masculine singular construct - resting place of
*baqar*: masculine singular noun - cattle/herd
*ʿammi*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*derashuni*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they sought me

Word Meanings

*hayah*: it will be/it will become/it will happen
*Sharon*: Sharon (plain along Mediterranean coast)
*neveh*: pasture/dwelling place/abode
*tson*: flock/sheep/small cattle
*ʿemeq*: valley/lowland/plain
*rebets*: resting place/place of repose/fold
*baqar*: cattle/oxen/herd
*ʿammi*: my people/my nation/my folk
*derashuni*: they sought me/they inquired of me/they searched for me

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Referenced Verses

Isa 35:2 : 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.
Isa 33:9 : 9 The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
Ezek 34:13-14 : 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Josh 7:24-26 : 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

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