Isaiah 40:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־גֶּיא֙ יִנָּשֵׂ֔א וְכָל־הַ֥ר וְגִבְעָ֖ה יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ וְהָיָ֤ה הֶֽעָקֹב֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים לְבִקְעָֽה׃

Transliteration

kol-geyʾ yinnāśēʾ wěkol-har wěgibʿāh yišpālû wěhāyāh heʿāqōb lěmîšôr wěhārkāsîm lěbiqʿāh

Grammar Details

*kol-geyʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - 'every valley'
*yinnāśēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'will be lifted/raised'
*wěkol-har*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - 'and every mountain'
*wěgibʿāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - 'and hill'
*yišpālû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will be made low'
*wěhāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and will be'
*heʿāqōb*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - 'the crooked'
*lěmîšôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'to level ground'
*wěhārkāsîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - 'and the rough places'
*lěbiqʿāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - 'to a plain'

Word Meanings

*geyʾ*: valley/ravine
*yinnāśēʾ*: will be lifted/will be raised up
*yišpālû*: will be made low/will be brought down
*heʿāqōb*: the crooked/the uneven
*mîšôr*: level ground/plain
*hārkāsîm*: rough places/rugged ground
*biqʿāh*: plain/valley

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Referenced Verses

Luke 3:5 : 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Ezek 21:26 : 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Isa 2:12-15 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isa 45:2 : 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Isa 42:15-16 : 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Job 40:11-13 : 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

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