Isaiah 19:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

And-heʾeznîḥû nĕhārôṯ dālălû and-ḥārḇû yĕʾōrê māṣôr qāneh and-sûp̄ qāmēlû

Grammar Details

*heʾeznîḥû*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they will become foul/stink
*nĕhārôṯ*: noun, masculine plural - rivers
*dālălû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be low/diminished
*ḥārḇû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be dried up
*yĕʾōrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - canals of
*māṣôr*: proper noun - Egypt/fortress
*qāneh*: noun, masculine singular - reed/stalk
*sûp̄*: noun, masculine singular - reeds/rushes
*qāmēlû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will wither/dry up

Word Meanings

*heʾeznîḥû*: they will become foul/stink/be putrid/emit stench
*nĕhārôṯ*: rivers/streams/canals
*dālălû*: they will be low/diminished/brought low/thin
*ḥārḇû*: they will be dried up/desolate/waste
*yĕʾōrê*: canals/channels/Nile streams
*māṣôr*: Egypt/fortress/siege/distress
*qāneh*: reed/stalk/measuring rod/branch
*sûp̄*: reeds/rushes/water plants
*qāmēlû*: they will wither/dry up/fade/shrivel

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 37:25 : 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Exod 2:3 : 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Job 8:11 : 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Isa 15:6 : 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isa 18:2 : 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Exod 7:18 : 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
2 Kgs 19:24 : 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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