2 Kings 19:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yōšᵊḇêhen qiṣrê-yād ḥattû and-yēḇōšû, hāyû 'ēśeḇ śādeh and-yîraq deše' ḥăṣîr gaggôt and-šᵊdēpâ before qāmâ.

Grammar Details

• *yōšᵊḇêhen*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their inhabitants
• *qiṣrê*: adjective masculine plural construct - short of
• *yād*: noun feminine singular - hand/strength
• *ḥattû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were dismayed
• *yēḇōšû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they were ashamed
• *hāyû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were
• *'ēśeḇ*: noun masculine singular construct - plant/herb of
• *śādeh*: noun masculine singular - field
• *yîraq*: noun masculine singular construct - green thing/vegetation of
• *deše'*: noun masculine singular - tender grass
• *ḥăṣîr*: noun masculine singular construct - grass/hay of
• *gaggôt*: noun masculine plural - roofs
• *šᵊdēpâ*: noun feminine singular - blighted grain
• *qāmâ*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it stood

Word Meanings

• *yōšᵊḇêhen*: their inhabitants/residents/dwellers
• *qiṣrê*: short of/lacking/limited in
• *yād*: hand/strength/power
• *ḥattû*: they were dismayed/shattered/broken
• *yēḇōšû*: they were ashamed/disappointed/disgraced
• *hāyû*: they were/became/existed as
• *'ēśeḇ*: plant/herb/vegetation
• *śādeh*: field/open country/land
• *yîraq*: green thing/vegetation/herbs
• *deše'*: tender grass/first shoots/fresh growth
• *ḥăṣîr*: grass/hay/greenery
• *gaggôt*: roofs/housetops
• *šᵊdēpâ*: blighted grain/scorched plants/grain blasted by east wind
• *qāmâ*: it stood/grew up/appeared

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:23 : 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
• Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
• Ps 48:4-7 : 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled{H8738)}, they passed by{H8804)} together. 5 They saw{H8804)} it, and so they marvelled{H8804)}; they were troubled{H8738)}, and hasted away{H8738)}. 6 Fear took hold{H8804)} upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail{H8802)}. 7 Thou breakest{H8762)} the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
• Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
• Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
• Ps 129:6-8 : 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
• Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
• Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Jer 50:36-37 : 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
• Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
• Jer 51:32 : 32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: