Isaiah 16:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן

Transliteration

wəhāyāh like-ʿôp-nôdēd qēn məšullāḥ tihyeynāh bənôt môʾāb maʿbārôt to-ʾarnôn

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyāh*: conjunction ו + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *ʿôp*: noun, masculine singular construct - bird/fowl
• *nôdēd*: participle, masculine singular - wandering/fleeing
• *qēn*: noun, masculine singular - nest
• *məšullāḥ*: participle, pual masculine singular - cast out/sent away
• *tihyeynāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will be
• *bənôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of
• *môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
• *maʿbārôt*: noun, feminine plural - fords/crossing places
• *ʾarnôn*: proper noun - Arnon (river)

Word Meanings

• *nôdēd*: wandering/fleeing/fugitive
• *qēn məšullāḥ*: abandoned nest/cast out nest
• *bənôt môʾāb*: daughters of Moab/women of Moab/settlements of Moab
• *maʿbārôt*: fords/crossing places/passages

Referenced Verses

• Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
• Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
• Isa 13:14 : 14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
• Jer 48:20 : 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
• Num 21:13-15 : 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
• Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
• Deut 3:8 : 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
• Deut 3:12 : 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
• Josh 13:16 : 16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;