Isa 34:9-9 : 9 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.9",
"source": "וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּ נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ לְזֶ֔פֶת וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית וְהָיְתָ֣ה אַרְצָ֔הּ לְזֶ֖פֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃",
"text": "*wĕnehepkû* *nĕḥālêhā* *lĕzepet* *waʿăpārāh* *lĕgāprît* *wĕhāyĕtâ* *ʾarṣāh* *lĕzepet* *bōʿērâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wĕnehepkû*": "conjunction + niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will be turned/changed",
"*nĕḥālêhā*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its streams",
"*lĕzepet*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - to pitch/tar",
"*waʿăpārāh*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and its dust/soil",
"*lĕgāprît*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - to sulfur/brimstone",
"*wĕhāyĕtâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it will be/become",
"*ʾarṣāh*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its land",
"*lĕzepet*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - to pitch/tar",
"*bōʿērâ*": "qal participle, feminine singular - burning"
},
"variants": {
"*nehepkû*": "will be turned/will be changed/will be transformed",
"*nĕḥālêhā*": "its streams/its wadis/its valleys",
"*zepet*": "pitch/tar/bitumen",
"*ʿăpārāh*": "its dust/its soil/its dirt",
"*gāprît*": "sulfur/brimstone",
"*hāyĕtâ*": "will be/will become/will happen",
"*ʾarṣāh*": "its land/its territory/its earth",
"*bōʿērâ*": "burning/blazing/consuming"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.10",
"source": "לַ֤יְלָה וְיוֹמָם֙ לֹ֣א תִכְבֶּ֔ה לְעוֹלָ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙ תֶּחֱרָ֔ב לְנֵ֣צַח נְצָחִ֔ים אֵ֥ין עֹבֵ֖ר בָּֽהּ׃",
"text": "*laylâ* *wĕyômām* *lōʾ* *tikbeh* *lĕʿôlām* *yaʿăleh* *ʿăšānāh* *middôr* *lādôr* *teḥĕrāb* *lĕnēṣaḥ* *nĕṣāḥîm* *ʾên* *ʿōbēr* *bāh*",
"grammar": {
"*laylâ*": "masculine singular noun - night",
"*wĕyômām*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and day",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tikbeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be extinguished/quenched",
"*lĕʿôlām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever/eternity",
"*yaʿăleh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will go up/ascend",
"*ʿăšānāh*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its smoke",
"*middôr*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from generation",
"*lādôr*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - to generation",
"*teḥĕrāb*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be desolate/waste",
"*lĕnēṣaḥ*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - for perpetuity",
"*nĕṣāḥîm*": "masculine plural noun - perpetuities/eternities",
"*ʾên*": "negative particle - there is not",
"*ʿōbēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - one passing through",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*laylâ*": "night/nighttime",
"*yômām*": "day/daytime",
"*tikbeh*": "will be extinguished/will be quenched/will go out",
"*lĕʿôlām*": "forever/for eternity/for all time",
"*yaʿăleh*": "will go up/will ascend/will rise",
"*ʿăšānāh*": "its smoke/its vapor",
"*middôr*": "from generation",
"*lādôr*": "to generation/to age",
"*teḥĕrāb*": "will be desolate/will be waste/will be in ruins",
"*nēṣaḥ*": "perpetuity/eternity/forever",
"*nĕṣāḥîm*": "perpetuities/eternities/forevers",
"*ʿōbēr*": "one passing through/traveler/passer-by"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.11",
"source": "וִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ קָאַ֣ת וְקִפּ֔וֹד וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף וְעֹרֵ֖ב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָטָ֥ה עָלֶ֛יהָ קַֽו־תֹ֖הוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹֽהוּ׃",
"text": "*wîrēšûhā* *qāʾat* *wĕqippôd* *wĕyanšôp* *wĕʿōrēb* *yiškĕnû*-*bāh* *wĕnāṭâ* *ʿālêhā* *qaw*-*tōhû* *wĕʾabnê*-*bōhû*",
"grammar": {
"*wîrēšûhā*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and they will possess it",
"*qāʾat*": "feminine singular noun - pelican",
"*wĕqippôd*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and hedgehog/porcupine",
"*wĕyanšôp*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and owl",
"*wĕʿōrēb*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and raven",
"*yiškĕnû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will dwell",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it",
"*wĕnāṭâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will stretch out",
"*ʿālêhā*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - over it",
"*qaw*": "masculine singular construct - line of",
"*tōhû*": "masculine singular noun - chaos/emptiness",
"*wĕʾabnê*": "conjunction + feminine plural construct - and stones of",
"*bōhû*": "masculine singular noun - void/emptiness"
},
"variants": {
"*wîrēšûhā*": "will possess it/will inherit it/will take possession of it",
"*qāʾat*": "pelican/desert owl/cormorant",
"*qippôd*": "hedgehog/porcupine/bittern",
"*yanšôp*": "owl/eagle owl/ibis",
"*ʿōrēb*": "raven/crow",
"*yiškĕnû*": "will dwell/will inhabit/will reside",
"*nāṭâ*": "will stretch out/will extend/will measure",
"*qaw*": "line/measuring line/cord",
"*tōhû*": "chaos/emptiness/waste/formlessness",
"*ʾabnê*": "stones/weights",
"*bōhû*": "void/emptiness/desolation"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.12",
"source": "חֹרֶ֥יהָ וְאֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם מְלוּכָ֣ה יִקְרָ֑אוּ וְכָל־שָׂרֶ֖יהָ יִ֥הְיוּ אָֽפֶס׃",
"text": "*ḥōrêhā* *wĕʾên*-*šām* *mĕlûkâ* *yiqrāʾû* *wĕkāl*-*śārêhā* *yihyû* *ʾāpes*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥōrêhā*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its nobles",
"*wĕʾên*": "conjunction + negative particle - and there is not",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*mĕlûkâ*": "feminine singular noun - kingdom/kingship",
"*yiqrāʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will call",
"*wĕkāl*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct - and all of",
"*śārêhā*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its princes/officials",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be",
"*ʾāpes*": "masculine singular noun - nothing/end"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥōrêhā*": "its nobles/its freemen/its nobility",
"*ʾên*": "there is not/there is no",
"*šām*": "there",
"*mĕlûkâ*": "kingdom/kingship/royalty",
"*yiqrāʾû*": "they will call/they will proclaim/they will invite",
"*śārêhā*": "its princes/its officials/its chiefs",
"*yihyû*": "they will be/they will become",
"*ʾāpes*": "nothing/nonexistence/end/cessation"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.13",
"source": "וְעָלְתָ֤ה אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ סִירִ֔ים קִמּ֥וֹשׂ וָח֖וֹחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶ֑יהָ וְהָיְתָה֙ נְוֵ֣ה תַנִּ֔ים חָצִ֖יר לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃",
"text": "*wĕʿālĕtâ* *ʾarmĕnōtêhā* *sîrîm* *qimmôś* *wāḥôaḥ* *bĕmibṣārêhā* *wĕhāyĕtâ* *nĕwēh* *tannîm* *ḥāṣîr* *libnôt* *yaʿănâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wĕʿālĕtâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it will grow/come up",
"*ʾarmĕnōtêhā*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its citadels/palaces",
"*sîrîm*": "masculine plural noun - thorns/briars",
"*qimmôś*": "masculine singular noun - nettle/thorny weed",
"*wāḥôaḥ*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and thistle/thorn",
"*bĕmibṣārêhā*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in its fortresses",
"*wĕhāyĕtâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it will be/become",
"*nĕwēh*": "masculine singular construct - habitation of",
"*tannîm*": "masculine plural noun - jackals/dragons",
"*ḥāṣîr*": "masculine singular noun - grass/enclosure",
"*libnôt*": "preposition + feminine plural construct - for daughters of",
"*yaʿănâ*": "feminine singular noun - ostrich"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿālĕtâ*": "will grow/will come up/will spring up",
"*ʾarmĕnōtêhā*": "its citadels/its palaces/its fortified towers",
"*sîrîm*": "thorns/briars/brambles",
"*qimmôś*": "nettle/thorny weed/wild weeds",
"*ḥôaḥ*": "thistle/thorn/bramble",
"*mibṣārêhā*": "its fortresses/its strongholds",
"*nĕwēh*": "habitation/dwelling place/pasture",
"*tannîm*": "jackals/dragons/wolves",
"*ḥāṣîr*": "grass/court/enclosure",
"*banôt*": "daughters",
"*yaʿănâ*": "ostrich/owl"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.14",
"source": "וּפָגְשׁ֤וּ צִיִּים֙ אֶת־אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־רֵעֵ֣הוּ יִקְרָ֑א אַךְ־שָׁם֙ הִרְגִּ֣יעָה לִּילִ֔ית וּמָצְאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ מָנֽוֹחַ׃",
"text": "*ûpāgĕšû* *ṣiyyîm* *ʾet*-*ʾiyyîm* *wĕśāʿîr* *ʿal*-*rēʿēhû* *yiqrāʾ* *ʾak*-*šām* *hirgîʿâ* *lîlît* *ûmāṣĕʾâ* *lāh* *mānôaḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*ûpāgĕšû*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will meet",
"*ṣiyyîm*": "masculine plural noun - desert creatures",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾiyyîm*": "masculine plural noun - howling creatures",
"*wĕśāʿîr*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and he-goat/satyr",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - to/upon",
"*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his companion/neighbor",
"*yiqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will call",
"*ʾak*": "adverb - surely/only",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*hirgîʿâ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she will rest/settle",
"*lîlît*": "feminine singular noun - Lilith/night creature",
"*ûmāṣĕʾâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she will find",
"*lāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - for herself",
"*mānôaḥ*": "masculine singular noun - resting place"
},
"variants": {
"*pāgĕšû*": "will meet/will encounter/will confront",
"*ṣiyyîm*": "desert creatures/wild beasts/wild cats",
"*ʾiyyîm*": "howling creatures/hyenas/jackals",
"*śāʿîr*": "he-goat/satyr/hairy one/demon",
"*rēʿēhû*": "his companion/his neighbor/his fellow",
"*yiqrāʾ*": "will call/will cry out/will proclaim",
"*ʾak*": "surely/only/indeed",
"*hirgîʿâ*": "will rest/will settle/will find repose",
"*lîlît*": "Lilith/night creature/night monster",
"*māṣĕʾâ*": "will find/will discover",
"*mānôaḥ*": "resting place/place of rest"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.15",
"source": "שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ׃",
"text": "*šāmmâ* *qinnĕnâ* *qippôz* *watĕmallēṭ* *ûbāqĕʿâ* *wĕdāgĕrâ* *bĕṣillāh* *ʾak*-*šām* *niqbĕṣû* *dayyôt* *ʾiššâ* *rĕʿûtāh*",
"grammar": {
"*šāmmâ*": "adverb - there",
"*qinnĕnâ*": "piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - makes/built a nest",
"*qippôz*": "feminine singular noun - arrow snake",
"*watĕmallēṭ*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she will lay eggs",
"*ûbāqĕʿâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she will hatch",
"*wĕdāgĕrâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she will gather",
"*bĕṣillāh*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her shadow",
"*ʾak*": "adverb - surely/only",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*niqbĕṣû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are gathered",
"*dayyôt*": "feminine plural noun - kites/vultures",
"*ʾiššâ*": "feminine singular noun - woman/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her companion"
},
"variants": {
"*šāmmâ*": "there",
"*qinnĕnâ*": "makes a nest/builds a nest/nests",
"*qippôz*": "arrow snake/owl/dartsnake",
"*tĕmallēṭ*": "will lay eggs/will give birth/will deliver",
"*bāqĕʿâ*": "will hatch/will break open",
"*dāgĕrâ*": "will gather/will brood over/will incubate",
"*ṣillāh*": "her shadow/her shade",
"*niqbĕṣû*": "are gathered/are assembled/are collected",
"*dayyôt*": "kites/vultures/birds of prey",
"*ʾiššâ*": "woman/each one/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "her companion/her mate/her neighbor"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.16",
"source": "דִּרְשׁ֨וּ מֵֽעַל־סֵ֤פֶר יְהוָה֙ וּֽקְרָ֔אוּ אַחַ֤ת מֵהֵ֙נָּה֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔רָה אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ לֹ֣א פָקָ֑דוּ כִּֽי־פִי֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔ה וְרוּח֖וֹ ה֥וּא קִבְּצָֽן׃",
"text": "*diršû* *mēʿal*-*sēper* *yhwh* *ûqĕrāʾû* *ʾaḥat* *mēhēnnâ* *lōʾ* *neʿdārâ* *ʾiššâ* *rĕʿûtāh* *lōʾ* *pāqādû* *kî*-*pî* *hûʾ* *ṣiwwâ* *wĕrûḥô* *hûʾ* *qibbĕṣān*",
"grammar": {
"*diršû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - seek",
"*mēʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from upon",
"*sēper*": "masculine singular construct - book of",
"*yhwh*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*ûqĕrāʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and read",
"*ʾaḥat*": "feminine singular numeral - one",
"*mēhēnnâ*": "preposition + 3rd feminine plural pronoun - from these",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*neʿdārâ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is missing",
"*ʾiššâ*": "feminine singular noun - woman/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her companion",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*pāqādû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they missed",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*pî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my mouth",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd masculine singular pronoun - he/it",
"*ṣiwwâ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has commanded",
"*wĕrûḥô*": "conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his spirit/breath",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd masculine singular pronoun - he/it",
"*qibbĕṣān*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine plural suffix - he has gathered them"
},
"variants": {
"*diršû*": "seek/search/inquire",
"*sēper*": "book/scroll/document",
"*qĕrāʾû*": "read/proclaim/call out",
"*ʾaḥat*": "one/a single one",
"*neʿdārâ*": "is missing/is lacking/is absent",
"*ʾiššâ*": "woman/each one/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "her companion/her mate/her partner",
"*pāqādû*": "they missed/they lacked/they were without",
"*pî*": "my mouth/his mouth",
"*ṣiwwâ*": "has commanded/has ordered",
"*rûḥô*": "his spirit/his breath/his wind",
"*qibbĕṣān*": "has gathered them/has collected them/has assembled them"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.17",
"source": "וְהֽוּא־הִפִּ֤יל לָהֶן֙ גּוֹרָ֔ל וְיָד֛וֹ חִלְּקַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם בַּקָּ֑ו עַד־עוֹלָם֙ יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ לְד֥וֹר וָד֖וֹר יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃ ס",
"text": "*wĕhûʾ*-*hippîl* *lāhen* *gôrāl* *wĕyādô* *ḥillĕqattâ* *lāhem* *baqqāw* *ʿad*-*ʿôlām* *yîrāšûhā* *lĕdôr* *wādôr* *yiškĕnû*-*bāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wĕhûʾ*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - and he",
"*hippîl*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has cast",
"*lāhen*": "preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - for them",
"*gôrāl*": "masculine singular noun - lot",
"*wĕyādô*": "conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his hand",
"*ḥillĕqattâ*": "piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - has divided it",
"*lāhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them",
"*baqqāw*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the measuring line",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until",
"*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - eternity/forever",
"*yîrāšûhā*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - they will possess it",
"*lĕdôr*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - to generation",
"*wādôr*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and generation",
"*yiškĕnû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will dwell",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*hippîl*": "has cast/has thrown/has made fall",
"*gôrāl*": "lot/lot (for dividing)/portion",
"*yādô*": "his hand",
"*ḥillĕqattâ*": "has divided it/has apportioned it/has allotted it",
"*qāw*": "measuring line/cord/rule",
"*ʿôlām*": "eternity/forever/perpetuity",
"*yîrāšûhā*": "they will possess it/they will inherit it",
"*dôr*": "generation/age/period",
"*yiškĕnû*": "they will dwell/they will inhabit/they will reside"
}
}