Isaiah 46:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָרְס֤וּ כָֽרְעוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ מַלֵּ֣ט מַשָּׂ֑א וְנַפְשָׁ֖ם בַּשְּׁבִ֥י הָלָֽכָה׃

Transliteration

qārəsû kārəʿû together, lōʾ yākəlû mallēṭ maśśāʾ, wə-napšām in-the-šəbî hālākâ.

Grammar Details

*qārəsû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they have collapsed/stooped
*kārəʿû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they have bowed down/crouched
*yākəlû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they were able/could
*mallēṭ*: infinitive construct, piel - to deliver/rescue/save
*maśśāʾ*: noun, masculine, singular - burden/load
*napšām*: noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person plural suffix - their soul/life/self
*šəbî*: noun, masculine, singular - captivity/exile
*hālākâ*: perfect, 3rd feminine, singular - has gone/walked

Word Meanings

*qārəsû*: collapse/stoop/bend down
*kārəʿû*: bow down/crouch/kneel
*mallēṭ*: deliver/rescue/save/escape
*maśśāʾ*: burden/load/oracle
*napšām*: their soul/life/self/person
*šəbî*: captivity/exile/imprisonment

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Judg 18:17-18 : 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Jer 48:7 : 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Judg 18:24 : 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Jer 43:12-13 : 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Hos 10:5-6 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Isa 36:18-19 : 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isa 37:12 : 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
Isa 37:19 : 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Isa 44:17 : 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

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