Isaiah 13:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Behold-me mēʿîr against-them ʾeṯ-Māḏāy who-kesep̄ not yaḥšōḇû wə-zāhāḇ not yaḥpəṣû-in-it

Grammar Details

*hinənî*: interjection + 1st singular pronoun - behold me
*mēʿîr*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - arousing/stirring up
*ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - against them
*ʾeṯ-māḏāy*: direct object marker + proper noun - the Medes
*ʾăšer-kesep̄*: relative pronoun + noun, masculine, singular - who silver
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaḥšōḇû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they regard/esteem
*wəzāhāḇ*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and gold
*yaḥpəṣû-ḇô*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they delight in it

Word Meanings

*mēʿîr*: arousing/stirring up/awakening
*yaḥšōḇû*: they regard/esteem/value/consider
*yaḥpəṣû*: they delight in/desire/take pleasure in

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:34-35 : 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Jer 51:11 : 11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Isa 21:2 : 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isa 41:25 : 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Jer 50:9 : 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Isa 13:3-5 : 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Dan 5:28-31 : 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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