Isaiah 9:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִרְבִּ֣יתָ הַגּ֔וֹי *לא **ל֖וֹ הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה שָׂמְח֤וּ לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת בַּקָּצִ֔יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגִ֖ילוּ בְּחַלְּקָ֥ם שָׁלָֽל׃

Transliteration

You hirbîtā the gôy [lō (not)/lô (to him)] you higdaltā the śimḥāh they śāməḥû before you like śimḥat in the qāṣîr as when they yāgîlû in their ḥalləqām šālāl.

Grammar Details

*hirbîtā*: verb, Hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have multiplied/increased
*gôy*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - nation
*lō/lô*: textual variant - either 'not' (לא) or 'to him' (לו)
*higdaltā*: verb, Hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have made great/magnified
*śimḥāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - joy/gladness
*śāməḥû*: verb, Qal, perfect, 3rd person, plural - they rejoiced
*śimḥat*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - joy of
*qāṣîr*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - harvest
*yāgîlû*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they rejoice/exult
*ḥalləqām*: verb, Piel, infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dividing
*šālāl*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - spoil/plunder

Word Meanings

*hirbîtā*: multiplied/increased/made numerous
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*lō/lô*: textual uncertainty - either 'not' or 'to him'
*śimḥāh*: joy/gladness/mirth
*yāgîlû*: rejoice/exult/be glad
*šālāl*: spoil/plunder/booty

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Referenced Verses

Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Job 10:21 : 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Ps 23:4 : 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Ps 107:10 : 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Isa 9:1 : 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Eph 5:13-14 : 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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