Isaiah 14:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַֽל־תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י פְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙ כֻּלֵּ֔ךְ כִּ֥י נִשְׁבַּ֖ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַכֵּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ נָחָשׁ֙ יֵ֣צֵא צֶ֔פַע וּפִרְי֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ף מְעוֹפֵֽף׃

Transliteration

Not-tiśmǝḥî pǝlešet all-of-you, for nišbar šēḇeṭ makkēḵ; for-from-šōreš nāḥāš yēṣēʾ ṣep̄aʿ, and-p̄iryô śārāp̄ mǝʿôp̄ēp̄.

Grammar Details

• *tiśmǝḥî*: qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you rejoice
• *pǝlešet*: proper noun - Philistia
• *nišbar*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is broken
• *šēḇeṭ*: masculine singular construct - rod/staff of
• *makkēḵ*: hiphil active participle with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your smiter
• *šōreš*: masculine singular construct - root of
• *nāḥāš*: masculine singular noun - serpent/snake
• *yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will come forth
• *ṣep̄aʿ*: masculine singular noun - viper/adder
• *p̄iryô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its fruit
• *śārāp̄*: masculine singular noun - fiery serpent
• *mǝʿôp̄ēp̄*: polel participle, masculine singular - flying

Word Meanings

• *tiśmǝḥî*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *nišbar*: is broken/is shattered
• *šēḇeṭ*: rod/staff/scepter
• *makkēḵ*: your smiter/one striking you
• *šōreš*: root/stock
• *nāḥāš*: serpent/snake
• *yēṣēʾ*: will come forth/will emerge/will go out
• *ṣep̄aʿ*: viper/adder/poisonous snake
• *śārāp̄*: fiery serpent/burning one/seraph
• *mǝʿôp̄ēp̄*: flying/darting/swooping

Referenced Verses

• Isa 11:8 : 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
• Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
• 2 Chr 26:6 : 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
• 2 Chr 28:18 : 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
• Prov 24:17 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
• Josh 13:3 : 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
• 1 Sam 6:17-18 : 17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
• 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
• Ezek 26:2 : 2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
• Ezek 35:15 : 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Hos 9:1 : 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
• Obad 1:12 : 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
• Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
• Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.