Isaiah 32:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם זֹרְעֵ֖י עַל־כָּל־מָ֑יִם מְשַׁלְּחֵ֥י רֶֽגֶל־הַשּׁ֖וֹר וְהַחֲמֽוֹר׃ ס

Transliteration

ʾašrê-you zāraʿ upon-all-mayim šālaḥ regel-the-šôr and-the-ḥămôr.

Grammar Details

*ʾašrê*: masculine plural construct - blessedness, happiness
*zāraʿ*: qal participle masculine plural construct - sowers, those who sow
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*šālaḥ*: piel participle masculine plural construct - those who send out
*regel*: feminine singular noun construct - foot
*šôr*: masculine singular noun - ox, bull
*ḥămôr*: masculine singular noun - donkey, ass

Word Meanings

*ʾašrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*zāraʿ*: sowers/those who sow/planters
*mayim*: waters/water
*šālaḥ*: those who send out/let free
*regel*: foot/leg
*šôr*: ox/bull/cattle
*ḥămôr*: donkey/ass

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 11:1 : 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Isa 30:23-24 : 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Isa 55:10-11 : 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts 5:14 : 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn . Doth God take care for oxen? 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Isa 19:5-7 : 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

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