Isaiah 9:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְשַׂגֵּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־צָרֵ֥י רְצִ֖ין עָלָ֑יו וְאֶת־אֹיְבָ֖יו יְסַכְסֵֽךְ׃

Transliteration

And yəśaggēḇ YHWH ʾet-ṣārê rəṣîn against him and ʾet-his ʾōyəḇāyw he yəsaḵsēḵ.

Grammar Details

*yəśaggēḇ*: verb, Piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will strengthen/exalt
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ṣārê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - adversaries of
*rəṣîn*: proper noun - Rezin
*ʾōyəḇāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person, masculine, singular suffix - his enemies
*yəsaḵsēḵ*: verb, Pilpel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will stir up/incite

Word Meanings

*yəśaggēḇ*: strengthen/exalt/set on high
*ṣārê*: adversaries/foes/opponents
*yəsaḵsēḵ*: stir up/incite/instigate

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mal 1:4 : 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
1 Kgs 7:9-9 : 9 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood. 12 And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

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