1 Kings 9:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה עֶלְי֔וֹן כָּל־עֹבֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו יִשֹּׁ֣ם וְשָׁרָ֑ק וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל־מֶ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְלַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And the-bayit the-zeh yihyeh ʿelyôn, all-ʿōbēr by-it yiššōm and wəšārāq; and wəʾāmərû, for-what ʿāśāh YHWH thus to-the-ʾāreṣ the-zōʾt and to-the-bayit the-zeh.

Grammar Details

*bayit*: noun, masculine singular with article - the house
*zeh*: demonstrative adjective - this
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3ms - it will be
*ʿelyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - high/exalted
*ʿōbēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - passing by
*yiššōm*: qal imperfect 3ms - he will be appalled
*wəšārāq*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3ms - and he will hiss/whistle
*wəʾāmərû*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3mp - and they will say
*ʿāśāh*: qal perfect 3ms - he did/made
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with article - the land
*zōʾt*: demonstrative adjective, feminine - this

Word Meanings

*yihyeh ʿelyôn*: will be high/exalted/in ruins (contextual meaning)
*yiššōm*: will be appalled/astonished/shocked
*wəšārāq*: and he will hiss/whistle (as expression of shock)
*ʿāśāh*: did/made/brought about

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:8-9 : 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Deut 29:24-26 : 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
2 Chr 7:21 : 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
Jer 22:28 : 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jer 49:17 : 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Jer 50:13 : 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Dan 9:12 : 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Isa 64:11 : 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Jer 19:8 : 8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

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