Isaiah 8:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָ֥שְׁלוּ בָ֖ם רַבִּ֑ים וְנָפְל֣וּ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

And-kāšəlû on-them rabbîm and-nāpəlû and-nišbārû and-nôqəšû and-nilkādû

Grammar Details

*kāšəlû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they will stumble
*bām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - on them
*rabbîm*: adjective masculine plural - many
*nāpəlû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they will fall
*nišbārû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they will be broken
*nôqəšû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they will be snared
*nilkādû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they will be caught/captured

Word Meanings

*kāšəlû*: they will stumble/they will stagger/they will totter
*nāpəlû*: they will fall/they will collapse
*nišbārû*: they will be broken/they will be shattered
*nôqəšû*: they will be snared/they will be trapped
*nilkādû*: they will be caught/they will be captured/they will be taken

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 21:44 : 44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
Isa 28:13 : 13 Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
Matt 11:6 : 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
Luke 20:17-18 : 17 But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner? 18 Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever {G302} it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
John 6:66 : 66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Rom 9:32 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews {G3303} a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

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