Isaiah 2:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ הָאָדָ֔ם אֵ֚ת אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֖ת אֱלִילֵ֣י זְהָב֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ֙ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת לַחְפֹּ֥ר פֵּר֖וֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים׃

Transliteration

In-the-yôm the-hûʾ yašlîk the-ʾādām ʾēt ʾĕlîlê kaspô and-ʾēt ʾĕlîlê zəhābô which ʿāśû-for-him to-ləhištaḥăwōt, to-the-ḥăpōr pērôt and-to-the-ʿăṭallēpîm.

Grammar Details

*ba-yôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day
*ha-hûʾ*: definite article + pronoun, masculine singular - that
*yašlîk*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will throw/cast away
*hā-ʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʾĕlîlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - idols of
*kaspô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his silver
*wə-ʾēt*: conjunction + direct object marker
*zəhābô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gold
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʿāśû-lô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they made for him
*lə-hištaḥăwōt*: preposition + verb, hishtaphel infinitive construct - to worship/bow down
*la-ḥăpōr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to the mole
*pērôt*: noun, feminine plural - rats
*wə-lā-ʿăṭallēpîm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and to the bats

Word Meanings

*yašlîk*: will throw/cast away/discard
*ʾĕlîlê*: idols/worthless things/nothings
*ləhištaḥăwōt*: to worship/bow down/prostrate oneself
*ḥăpōr pērôt*: moles/burrowing animals/rodents
*ʿăṭallēpîm*: bats/flying creatures

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:22 : 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isa 31:7 : 7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Lev 11:19 : 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
Isa 46:6 : 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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