Isaiah 18:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלַי אֶשְׁקֳטָה וְאַבִּיטָה בִמְכוֹנִי כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי־אוֹר כְּעָב טַל בְּחֹם קָצִיר

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar YHWH to-me ʾešqŏṭāh and-ʾabbîṭāh in-məkônî like-ḥōm ṣaḥ upon-ʾôr like-ʿāb ṭal in-ḥōm qāṣîr

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine, singular - said/spoke
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾešqŏṭāh*: verb, cohortative, 1st singular - I will be quiet/rest
*ʾabbîṭāh*: verb, cohortative, 1st singular - I will look/regard
*məkônî*: noun, masculine, singular with 1st singular suffix - my dwelling place
*ḥōm*: noun, masculine, singular - heat
*ṣaḥ*: adjective, masculine, singular - clear/dazzling
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine, singular - light
*ʿāb*: noun, masculine, singular - cloud
*ṭal*: noun, masculine, singular - dew
*qāṣîr*: noun, masculine, singular - harvest

Word Meanings

*ʾešqŏṭāh*: I will be quiet/I will rest/I will remain still
*ʾabbîṭāh*: I will look/I will regard/I will consider
*məkônî*: my dwelling place/my habitation/my established place
*ṣaḥ*: clear/dazzling/glowing
*ʿāb*: cloud/thick darkness
*ṭal*: dew/light rain

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Isa 18:7 : 7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isa 14:32 : 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isa 31:9 : 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

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