Isaiah 4:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ֩ שֶׁ֨בַע נָשִׁ֜ים בְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֗ד בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לַחְמֵ֣נוּ נֹאכֵ֔ל וְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּ נִלְבָּ֑שׁ רַ֗ק יִקָּרֵ֤א שִׁמְךָ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אֱסֹ֖ף חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

And ḥeḥeziqu šebaʿ našim in ʾiš ʾeḥad in the yom the hū to lēʾmōr: laḥmēnū we will nōʾkēl, and śimlātēnū we will nilbāš; only yiqqārēʾ šimkā upon us, ʾesōp ḥerpātēnū.

Grammar Details

*ḥeḥeziqu*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd plural - they will take hold/seize
*šebaʿ*: numeral, feminine - seven
*našim*: noun, feminine plural - women
*ʾiš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾeḥad*: numeral, masculine singular - one
*yom*: noun, masculine singular - day
*hū*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say
*laḥmēnū*: noun + 1st plural possessive suffix - our bread
*nōʾkēl*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st plural - we will eat
*śimlātēnū*: noun + 1st plural possessive suffix - our clothing
*nilbāš*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st plural - we will wear
*yiqqārēʾ*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - let be called
*šimkā*: noun + 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your name
*ʾesōp*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - take away/gather
*ḥerpātēnū*: noun + 1st plural possessive suffix - our reproach

Word Meanings

*ḥeḥeziqu*: seize/take hold of/grasp firmly
*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
*ʾesōp*: gather/take away/remove
*ḥerpātēnū*: reproach/disgrace/shame

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Referenced Verses

Gen 30:23 : 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 3:25-26 : 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Isa 10:20 : 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 17:7 : 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Luke 1:25 : 25 {G3754} Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Luke 21:22 : 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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