Isaiah 9:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְשַׂגֵּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־צָרֵ֥י רְצִ֖ין עָלָ֑יו וְאֶת־אֹיְבָ֖יו יְסַכְסֵֽךְ׃

Transliteration

And yəśaggēḇ YHWH ʾet-ṣārê rəṣîn against him and ʾet-his ʾōyəḇāyw he yəsaḵsēḵ.

Grammar Details

*yəśaggēḇ*: verb, Piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will strengthen/exalt
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ṣārê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - adversaries of
*rəṣîn*: proper noun - Rezin
*ʾōyəḇāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person, masculine, singular suffix - his enemies
*yəsaḵsēḵ*: verb, Pilpel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will stir up/incite

Word Meanings

*yəśaggēḇ*: strengthen/exalt/set on high
*ṣārê*: adversaries/foes/opponents
*yəsaḵsēḵ*: stir up/incite/instigate

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mal 1:4 : 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
1 Kgs 7:9-9 : 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

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