Isaiah 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַל־מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כָּל־הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And yiqrā' 'aryēh upon-miṣpeh 'adōnāy 'ānōkî 'ōmēd tāmîd yômām and upon-my mišmartî 'ānōkî niṣṣāb all-the lêlôt

Grammar Details

*yiqrā'*: verb, qal imperfect with vav consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he called out
*'aryēh*: noun, masculine singular - lion
*miṣpeh*: noun, masculine singular - watchtower
*'adōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
*'ānōkî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*'ōmēd*: verb participle, qal active - standing
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/perpetually
*yômām*: adverb - by day/daytime
*mišmartî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my watch/guard post
*niṣṣāb*: verb participle, niphal - stationed/positioned
*lêlôt*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nights

Word Meanings

*'aryēh*: lion (possibly referring to the watchman as 'lion')
*miṣpeh*: watchtower/lookout/watchpost
*'ōmēd tāmîd*: standing continually/stationed constantly
*niṣṣāb*: stationed/positioned/posted

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Referenced Verses

Hab 2:1-2 : 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Ps 63:6 : 6 When I remember{H8804)} thee upon my bed, and meditate{H8799)} on thee in the night watches.
Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
Jer 4:7 : 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jer 25:38 : 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 50:44 : 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

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