Isaiah 7:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּחִצִּ֥ים וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁת יָ֣בוֹא שָׁ֑מָּה כִּי־שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

With-the-ḥiṣṣîm and-with-the-qešeṯ yāḇôʾ there, for-šāmîr and-šayiṯ tihyeh all-the-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

*ḥiṣṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - arrows
*qešeṯ*: noun, feminine singular - bow
*yāḇôʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come/enter
*šāmîr*: noun, masculine singular - thorn/brier
*šayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - thorn/brier
*tihyeh*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth

Word Meanings

*ḥiṣṣîm*: arrows
*qešeṯ*: bow
*yāḇôʾ*: he will come/one will enter/people will go
*šāmîr*: thorn/brier/bramble
*šayiṯ*: thorn/brier/bramble
*tihyeh*: it will be/it shall become
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 27:3 : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

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