Isaiah 20:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֵּ֣ן יִנְהַ֣ג מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר אֶת־שְׁבִ֨י מִצְרַ֜יִם וְאֶת־גָּל֥וּת כּ֛וּשׁ נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י שֵׁ֖ת עֶרְוַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Thus yinhag melek-ʾashshūr ʾeth-shəbī miṣrayim and ʾeth-gālūth kūsh nəʿārīm ūzəqēnīm ʿārōm wəyāḥēp waḥaśūpay shēth ʿerwath miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*yinhag*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect - will lead away
*melek*: construct noun - king of
*ʾashshūr*: proper noun - Assyria
*ʾeth*: direct object marker
*shəbī*: noun construct - captives of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*gālūth*: noun construct - exiles of
*kūsh*: proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia
*nəʿārīm*: masculine plural noun - young men
*ūzəqēnīm*: waw conjunctive + masculine plural noun - and old men
*ʿārōm*: adjective - naked/lightly clothed
*wəyāḥēp*: waw conjunctive + adjective - and barefoot
*waḥaśūpay*: waw conjunctive + passive participle construct - and with exposed
*shēth*: noun - buttocks
*ʿerwath*: noun construct - nakedness of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*shəbī*: captivity/captives/prisoners of war
*gālūth*: exile/exiles/deportees
*nəʿārīm*: young men/youth/servants
*shēth*: buttocks/rear
*ʿerwath*: nakedness/shame/exposure

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Referenced Verses

Isa 19:4 : 4 And 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.
Jer 13:22 : 22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
Jer 13:26 : 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Jer 46:26 : 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Ezek 30:18 : 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Mic 1:11 : 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Isa 47:3 : 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
2 Sam 10:4 : 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
Isa 3:17 : 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

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