Isaiah 17:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֗וֹי הֲמוֹן֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּהֲמ֥וֹת יַמִּ֖ים יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּשְׁא֣וֹן לְאֻמִּ֔ים כִּשְׁא֛וֹן מַ֥יִם כַּבִּירִ֖ים יִשָּׁאֽוּן׃

Transliteration

hôy hămôn ʿammîm rabbîm like-kahămôṯ yammîm yehĕmāyûn û-šəʾôn ləʾummîm like-kišʾôn mayim kabbîrîm yiššāʾûn

Grammar Details

*hôy*: interjection - woe/alas
*hămôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - tumult/multitude of
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many/great
like-*kahămôṯ*: preposition כְּ + Qal infinitive construct - like roaring of
*yammîm*: noun, masculine plural - seas
*yehĕmāyûn*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they roar
*û-šəʾôn*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and rushing of
*ləʾummîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
like-*kišʾôn*: preposition כְּ + noun, masculine singular construct - like rushing of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*kabbîrîm*: adjective, masculine plural - mighty/many
*yiššāʾûn*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they roar/crash

Word Meanings

*hămôn*: tumult/multitude/roar/crowd
*yehĕmāyûn*: they roar/they make noise/they are tumultuous
*šəʾôn*: rushing/roaring/tumult
*kabbîrîm*: mighty/many/great/powerful
*yiššāʾûn*: they roar/they crash/they make noise

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Ezek 43:2 : 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
Rev 17:1 : 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
Ps 46:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear{H8799)}, though the earth be removed{H8687)}, and though the mountains be carried{H8800)} into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar{H8799)} and be troubled{H8799)}, though the mountains shake{H8799)} with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Ps 65:6-7 : 6 Which by his strength setteth fast{H8688)} the mountains; being girded{H8737)} with power: 7 Which stilleth{H8688)} the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Isa 5:26-30 : 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 9:5 : 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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