Isaiah 50:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְשַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽם׃

Transliteration

I ʾalbîš šāmayim qaḏrûṯ and śaq I ʾāśîm their kəsûṯām.

Grammar Details

*ʾalbîš*: hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I clothe/dress
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky
*qaḏrûṯ*: noun, feminine singular - darkness/gloom
*śaq*: noun, masculine singular - sackcloth
*ʾāśîm*: imperfect, 1st singular - I make/set/place
*kəsûṯām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their covering

Word Meanings

*ʾalbîš*: I clothe/I dress/I cover
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*qaḏrûṯ*: darkness/gloom/blackness
*śaq*: sackcloth/coarse cloth (of mourning)
*ʾāśîm*: I make/I set/I place/I establish
*kəsûṯām*: their covering/their garment

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 6:12 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Exod 10:21 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

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