Isaiah 37:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yōšəbêhen qiṣrê-yād ḥattû wā-bōšû, hāyû ʿēśeb śādeh wîraq dešeʾ, ḥăṣîr gaggôt ûšədēmâ lipnê qāmâ.

Grammar Details

*wə-yōšəbêhen*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 3fp suffix - and their inhabitants
*qiṣrê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - short of
*yād*: noun, feminine singular - hand/power
*ḥattû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they were dismayed
*wā-bōšû*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - and they were ashamed
*hāyû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they were
*ʿēśeb*: noun, masculine singular construct - grass/herb of
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular - field
*wîraq*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and green plant of
*dešeʾ*: noun, masculine singular - tender grass
*ḥăṣîr*: noun, masculine singular construct - grass of
*gaggôt*: noun, masculine plural - roofs
*ûšədēmâ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and blighted grain
*lipnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before
*qāmâ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - it grew up/stood

Word Meanings

*yōšəbêhen*: their inhabitants/residents/dwellers
*qiṣrê-yād*: short of hand/powerless/helpless
*ḥattû*: were dismayed/terrified/scared
*bōšû*: were ashamed/disgraced/disappointed
*ʿēśeb*: grass/herb/plant
*śādeh*: field/open country
*yîraq*: green plant/vegetation
*dešeʾ*: tender grass/green vegetation
*ḥăṣîr*: grass/hay
*gaggôt*: roofs/housetops
*šədēmâ*: blighted grain/field/crop
*lipnê qāmâ*: before it grows up/before standing grain

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Referenced Verses

Ps 129:6 : 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Isa 19:16 : 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Jer 5:10 : 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}. 6 In the morning it flourisheth{H8686)}, and groweth up{H8804)}; in the evening it is cut down{H8787)}, and withereth{H8804)}.
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Ps 127:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

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