Isaiah 19:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִשְּׁתוּ־מַ֖יִם מֵֽהַיָּ֑ם וְנָהָ֖ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

And-niššĕṯû-mayim from-the-yām and-nāhār yeḥĕraḇ and-yāḇēš

Grammar Details

*niššĕṯû*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be dried up/fail
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
*nāhār*: noun, masculine singular - river
*yeḥĕraḇ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be dried up/waste away
*yāḇēš*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be dry/withered

Word Meanings

*niššĕṯû*: they will be dried up/fail/be consumed/vanish
*mayim*: waters/water
*yām*: sea/large body of water/west
*nāhār*: river/stream/canal
*yeḥĕraḇ*: will be dried up/waste away/be in ruins/be desolate
*yāḇēš*: will be dry/withered/dried out/parched

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
Ezek 30:12 : 12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
Zech 10:11 : 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Zech 14:18 : 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

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