Isaiah 59:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Bêṣê ṣipʿônî biqqēʿû and-qûrê ʿakkābîš yeʾĕrōgû the-ʾōkēl from-bêṣêhem yāmût and-the-zûreh tibbāqaʿ ʾepʿeh

Grammar Details

*Bêṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - eggs of
*ṣipʿônî*: noun, masculine singular - viper/poisonous snake
*biqqēʿû*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd plural - hatched/broke open
*qûrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - webs of
*ʿakkābîš*: noun, masculine singular - spider
*yeʾĕrōgû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they weave
*ʾōkēl*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one eating
*bêṣêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd plural suffix - their eggs
*yāmût*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - dies/will die
*zûreh*: verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one pressed/crushed
*tibbāqaʿ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - breaks forth/hatches
*ʾepʿeh*: noun, feminine singular - viper

Word Meanings

*ṣipʿônî*: viper/adder/poisonous snake
*biqqēʿû*: hatched/broke open
*ʿakkābîš*: spider
*yeʾĕrōgû*: weave/spin
*ʾōkēl*: eater/one who eats
*yāmût*: dies/will die
*zûreh*: pressed/crushed/squeezed
*tibbāqaʿ*: breaks forth/hatches/breaks open
*ʾepʿeh*: viper/poisonous snake

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 8:14 : 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Prov 23:32 : 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Isa 14:29 : 29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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