Isaiah 3:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשָּׂא֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־אֶהְיֶ֣ה חֹבֵ֔שׁ וּבְבֵיתִ֕י אֵ֥ין לֶ֖חֶם וְאֵ֣ין שִׂמְלָ֑ה לֹ֥א תְשִׂימֻ֖נִי קְצִ֥ין עָֽם

Transliteration

yiśśāʾ in-the-yôm the-hû lēʾmōr: Not-ʾehyeh ḥōbēš, and-in-bêtî ʾên leḥem and-ʾên śimlāh; not təśîmunî qəṣîn ʿām

Grammar Details

*yiśśāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will lift up/raise/answer
*bayyôm*: preposition with definite noun, masculine singular - in the day
*hahû*: definite demonstrative, masculine singular - that
*lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾehyeh*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be
*ḥōbēš*: Qal participle, masculine singular - one who binds up/healer
*bəbêtî*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my house
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread/food
*śimlāh*: noun, feminine singular - cloak/outer garment
*təśîmunî*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - you will make me
*qəṣîn*: noun, masculine singular - ruler/commander
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people

Word Meanings

*yiśśāʾ*: he will lift up/raise/answer/respond
*yôm*: day/time/period
*hû*: that/the same
*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
*ʾehyeh*: I will be/become/exist as
*ḥōbēš*: one who binds up/healer/one who bandages wounds
*bêt*: house/home/household
*ʾên*: there is not/there isn't/no
*leḥem*: bread/food/sustenance
*śimlāh*: cloak/outer garment/clothing
*təśîmunî*: you (plural) will make me/set me/appoint me
*qəṣîn*: ruler/commander/chief
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk

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Referenced Verses

Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Rev 10:5-6 : 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Isa 58:12 : 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Lam 2:13 : 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Ezek 34:4 : 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

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