Isaiah 5:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁאָגָ֥ה ל֖וֹ כַּלָּבִ֑יא *ושאג **יִשְׁאַ֨ג כַּכְּפִירִ֤ים וְיִנְהֹם֙ וְיֹאחֵ֣ז טֶ֔רֶף וְיַפְלִ֖יט וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

A šəʾāgâ to it like the kallābîʾ; and it yišʾag like the kakkəpîrîm and wəyinhōm and wəyōʾḥēz ṭerep and wəyapliṭ and there is none wəʾên maṣṣîl.

Grammar Details

*šəʾāgâ*: feminine singular noun - roar
*lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to it
*kallābîʾ*: preposition with definite article with masculine singular noun - like the lion
*yišʾag*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it roars
*kakkəpîrîm*: preposition with definite article with masculine plural noun - like the young lions
*wəyinhōm*: conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it growls
*wəyōʾḥēz*: conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it seizes
*ṭerep*: masculine singular noun - prey
*wəyapliṭ*: conjunction with hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it carries off
*wəʾên*: conjunction with particle of negation - and there is not
*maṣṣîl*: hiphil participle masculine singular - rescuer

Word Meanings

*šəʾāgâ*: roar/growl/loud cry
*lābîʾ*: lion/lioness
*kəpîrîm*: young lions/lion cubs
*yinhōm*: growls/roars/makes noise
*yōʾḥēz*: seizes/grasps/takes hold of
*ṭerep*: prey/food/torn flesh
*yapliṭ*: carries off/saves/rescues
*maṣṣîl*: rescuer/deliverer

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Referenced Verses

Isa 42:22 : 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Zech 11:3 : 3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Jer 4:7 : 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jer 51:38 : 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
Hos 11:10 : 10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

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