Isaiah 37:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסַּ֣ע וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֖שָׁב סַנְחֵרִ֣יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yissaʿ and-yēlek and-yāšāb Sanḥērîb king-of-ʾAššûr and-yēšeb in-Nînewēh.

Grammar Details

*yissaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he journeyed/departed
*yēlek*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he went
*yāšāb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he returned
*Sanḥērîb*: proper noun - Sennacherib
*ʾAššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
*yēšeb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he dwelled/settled
*Nînewēh*: proper noun - Nineveh

Word Meanings

*yissaʿ*: journeyed/departed/broke camp
*yēlek*: went/walked/proceeded
*yāšāb*: returned/went back/turned back
*yēšeb*: dwelled/settled/stayed

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 1:2 : 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah 3:3 : 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Jonah 4:11 : 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Nah 1:1 : 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Matt 12:41 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Gen 10:11-12 : 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Isa 31:9 : 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isa 37:7 : 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isa 37:29 : 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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2 Kgs 19:35-37
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35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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7Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
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9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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