Isaiah 15:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

Transliteration

kî-mê Nimrîm məšammôt yihyû kî-yāḇēš ḥāṣîr kālâ dešeʾ yereq not hāyâ

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*mê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - waters of
*Nimrîm*: proper noun - Nimrim (place)
*məšammôt*: noun, feminine, plural - desolations
*yihyû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be
*yāḇēš*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is dried up
*ḥāṣîr*: noun, masculine, singular - grass/hay
*kālâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is finished/complete
*dešeʾ*: noun, masculine, singular - tender grass
*yereq*: noun, masculine, singular - green thing/vegetation
*hāyâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/existed

Word Meanings

*məšammôt*: desolations/waste places
*yihyû*: they will be/shall become
*yāḇēš*: is dried up/withered
*ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/herb
*kālâ*: is finished/complete/consumed
*dešeʾ*: tender grass/vegetation/herbs
*yereq*: green thing/vegetation/greenness

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Referenced Verses

Num 32:36 : 36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Joel 1:10-12 : 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Hab 3:17-18 : 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Rev 8:7 : 7 {G2532} The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Num 32:3 : 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Josh 13:27 : 27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
Isa 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isa 19:5-7 : 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
Jer 48:34 : 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

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