Isaiah 7:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּחִצִּ֥ים וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁת יָ֣בוֹא שָׁ֑מָּה כִּי־שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

With-the-ḥiṣṣîm and-with-the-qešeṯ yāḇôʾ there, for-šāmîr and-šayiṯ tihyeh all-the-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

*ḥiṣṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - arrows
*qešeṯ*: noun, feminine singular - bow
*yāḇôʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come/enter
*šāmîr*: noun, masculine singular - thorn/brier
*šayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - thorn/brier
*tihyeh*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth

Word Meanings

*ḥiṣṣîm*: arrows
*qešeṯ*: bow
*yāḇôʾ*: he will come/one will enter/people will go
*šāmîr*: thorn/brier/bramble
*šayiṯ*: thorn/brier/bramble
*tihyeh*: it will be/it shall become
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 27:3 : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;

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