Isaiah 7:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא יְחַיֶּה־אִ֛ישׁ עֶגְלַ֥ת בָּקָ֖ר וּשְׁתֵּי־צֹֽאן׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh in-the-day the-that, yəḥayyeh-ʾîš ʿeḡlaṯ bāqār and-two-ṣōʾn.

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyāh*: perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it will be
*yəḥayyeh*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Piel - he will keep alive
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʿeḡlaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - heifer of
*bāqār*: noun, masculine singular - cattle/herd
*ṣōʾn*: noun, common feminine singular - sheep/flock

Word Meanings

*wə-hāyāh*: and it will be/and it shall come to pass
*yəḥayyeh*: will keep alive/will raise/will maintain
*ʾîš*: man/each one/person
*ʿeḡlaṯ*: heifer/young cow
*bāqār*: cattle/herd/cow
*ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock/goats

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:17 : 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Isa 7:25 : 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Isa 17:2 : 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isa 37:30 : 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

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