Isaiah 7:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָ֨אוּ וְנָח֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ בְּנַחֲלֵ֣י הַבַּתּ֔וֹת וּבִנְקִיקֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים וּבְכֹל֙ הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים וּבְכֹ֖ל הַנַּהֲלֹלִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-bāʾû and-nāḥû all-of-them in-naḥălê the-battôṯ and-in-nəqîqê the-səlāʿîm and-in-all the-naʿăṣûṣîm and-in-all the-nahălōlîm.

Grammar Details

*bāʾû*: perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person common plural - they will come
*nāḥû*: perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person common plural - they will rest
*naḥălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - valleys/ravines of
*battôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - steep/desolate places
*nəqîqê*: noun, masculine plural construct - clefts/crevices of
*səlāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - rocks
*naʿăṣûṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - thorn bushes
*nahălōlîm*: noun, masculine plural - watering places/pastures

Word Meanings

*bāʾû*: they will come/they shall arrive
*nāḥû*: they will rest/they will settle
*naḥălê*: valleys/ravines/wadis
*battôṯ*: steep places/desolate valleys
*nəqîqê*: clefts/crevices/cracks
*səlāʿîm*: rocks/crags
*naʿăṣûṣîm*: thorn bushes/thorny shrubs
*nahălōlîm*: watering places/pastures/meadows

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:19 : 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Mic 7:17 : 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Isa 2:21 : 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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