Isaiah 19:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְמִצְרַ֖יִם מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה רֹ֥אשׁ וְזָנָ֖ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃ ס

Transliteration

And-not-yihyeh for-Miṣrayim maʿăśeh which yaʿăśeh rōʾš and-zānāḇ kippāh and-ʾaḡmôn

Grammar Details

*yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt
*maʿăśeh*: noun, masculine singular - work/deed
*yaʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will do
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular - head
*zānāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - tail
*kippāh*: noun, feminine singular - palm branch
*ʾaḡmôn*: noun, masculine singular - reed/rush

Word Meanings

*yihyeh*: will be/shall be/exist
*maʿăśeh*: work/deed/action/occupation
*yaʿăśeh*: will do/make/perform/accomplish
*rōʾš*: head/chief/top/beginning
*zānāḇ*: tail/end/rear
*kippāh*: palm branch/frond/top branch
*ʾaḡmôn*: reed/rush/bulrush/marsh plant

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Referenced Verses

Isa 9:14-15 : 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Hab 3:17 : 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:
Hag 1:11 : 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Ps 128:2 : 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 19:13-14
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13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isa 19:16-19
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16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
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18In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
19In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
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14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
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Ezek 29:6
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Isa 19:1-7
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1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
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9And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
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