Isaiah 41:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָאֵ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֖י מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וּכְאֶ֖פֶס אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

təḇaqšēm wəlōʾ timṣāʾēm ʾanšê maṣṣuteḵā yihyû ḵəʾayin ûḵəʾepes ʾanšê milḥamteḵā

Grammar Details

*təḇaqšēm*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will seek them
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*timṣāʾēm*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will find them
*ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
*maṣṣuteḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strife/contention
*yihyû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be
*ḵəʾayin*: preposition + noun - as nothing
*ûḵəʾepes*: conjunction + preposition + noun - and as non-entity
*milḥamteḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your war/battle

Word Meanings

*təḇaqšēm*: you will seek them/search for them/look for them
*timṣāʾēm*: you will find them/locate them/discover them
*ʾanšê maṣṣuteḵā*: men of your strife/your opponents/those who quarrel with you
*ḵəʾayin*: as nothing/like nothing/as nonexistence
*ûḵəʾepes*: and as non-entity/as zero/as emptiness
*ʾanšê milḥamteḵā*: men of your war/those who war against you/your combatants

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading{H8693)} himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought{H8762)} him, but he could not be found{H8738)}.
Job 20:7-9 : 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Isa 17:14 : 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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