Isaiah 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֥י נְעָרִ֖ים שָׂרֵיהֶ֑ם וְתַעֲלוּלִ֖ים יִמְשְׁלוּ־בָֽם

Transliteration

And-nātattî nəʿārîm śārêhem and-taʿălûlîm yimšəlû-in-them

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*nātattî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will give/set/place
*nəʿārîm*: noun, masculine plural - youths/boys/lads
*śārêhem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their princes/officials
*taʿălûlîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/capricious ones
*yimšəlû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will rule/govern
*bām*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in/against them

Word Meanings

*nātattî*: I will give/set/appoint/make
*nəʿārîm*: youths/boys/lads/immature ones
*śārêhem*: their princes/officials/rulers
*taʿălûlîm*: children/capricious ones/childish ones/mockers
*yimšəlû*: they will rule/govern/dominate/control

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 10:16 : 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
1 Kgs 3:7-9 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
2 Chr 33:1 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 Chr 34:1 : 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 Chr 36:2 : 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
2 Chr 36:5 : 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
2 Chr 36:9 : 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chr 36:11 : 11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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