Isaiah 34:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דִּרְשׁ֨וּ מֵֽעַל־סֵ֤פֶר יְהוָה֙ וּֽקְרָ֔אוּ אַחַ֤ת מֵהֵ֙נָּה֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔רָה אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ לֹ֣א פָקָ֑דוּ כִּֽי־פִי֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔ה וְרוּח֖וֹ ה֥וּא קִבְּצָֽן׃

Transliteration

diršû mēʿal-sēper yhwh ûqĕrāʾû ʾaḥat mēhēnnâ lōʾ neʿdārâ ʾiššâ rĕʿûtāh lōʾ pāqādû kî-pî hûʾ ṣiwwâ wĕrûḥô hûʾ qibbĕṣān

Grammar Details

*diršû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - seek
*mēʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
*sēper*: masculine singular construct - book of
*yhwh*: divine name - YHWH
*ûqĕrāʾû*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and read
*ʾaḥat*: feminine singular numeral - one
*mēhēnnâ*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural pronoun - from these
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*neʿdārâ*: niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is missing
*ʾiššâ*: feminine singular noun - woman/each
*rĕʿûtāh*: feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her companion
*pāqādû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they missed
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*pî*: masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my mouth
*hûʾ*: 3rd masculine singular pronoun - he/it
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has commanded
*wĕrûḥô*: conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his spirit/breath
*qibbĕṣān*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine plural suffix - he has gathered them

Word Meanings

*diršû*: seek/search/inquire
*sēper*: book/scroll/document
*qĕrāʾû*: read/proclaim/call out
*ʾaḥat*: one/a single one
*neʿdārâ*: is missing/is lacking/is absent
*ʾiššâ*: woman/each one/each
*rĕʿûtāh*: her companion/her mate/her partner
*pāqādû*: they missed/they lacked/they were without
*pî*: my mouth/his mouth
*ṣiwwâ*: has commanded/has ordered
*rûḥô*: his spirit/his breath/his wind
*qibbĕṣān*: has gathered them/has collected them/has assembled them

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Isa 30:8 : 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Isa 58:14 : 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Prov 23:12 : 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Matt 5:18 : 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
John 5:39 : 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Isa 1:20 : 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Gen 6:17 : 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Deut 31:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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