Isaiah 33:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־עַם נוֹעָז לֹא תִרְאֶה עַם עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה מִשְּׁמוֹעַ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֹן אֵין בִּינָה

Transliteration

ʾet-ʿam nôʿāz not tirʾeh ʿam ʿimqê śāpâ from-šəmôaʿ nilʿag lāšôn no bînâ

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿam*: noun, masculine singular - people
*nôʿāz*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - fierce
*tirʾeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will see
*ʿimqê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - deep of
*śāpâ*: noun, feminine singular - lip/language
*šəmôaʿ*: Qal infinitive construct - hearing/understanding
*nilʿag*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - stammering
*lāšôn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue
*bînâ*: noun, feminine singular - understanding

Word Meanings

*ʿam*: people/nation
*nôʿāz*: fierce/barbarous/insolent
*tirʾeh*: you will see/you will perceive
*ʿimqê*: deep/obscure/unintelligible
*śāpâ*: lip/language/speech
*šəmôaʿ*: hearing/understanding
*nilʿag*: stammering/babbling/speaking unintelligibly
*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*bînâ*: understanding/discernment/insight

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 28:11 : 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Deut 28:49-50 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Ezek 3:5-6 : 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
2 Kgs 19:32 : 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Exod 14:13 : 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
1 Cor 14:21 : 21 In the law it is written , With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

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