Isaiah 37:36

Webster's Bible (1833)

The angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּצֵ֣א ׀ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה וַיַּכֶּה֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה אַשּׁ֔וּר מֵאָ֛ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֥ה כֻלָּ֖ם פְּגָרִ֥ים מֵתִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-yēṣēʾ malʾak YHWH and-yakkeh in-maḥănēh ʾAššûr one-hundred and-eighty and-five ʾālef and-yaškîmû in-the-bōqer and-behold all-of-them pegārîm mētîm.

Grammar Details

• *yēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he went out
• *malʾak*: masculine noun, construct state - messenger/angel of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *yakkeh*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he struck/smote
• *maḥănēh*: masculine noun - camp/army
• *ʾAššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *ʾālef*: masculine noun - thousand
• *yaškîmû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they rose early
• *bōqer*: masculine noun - morning
• *pegārîm*: masculine plural noun - corpses/dead bodies
• *mētîm*: masculine plural adjective - dead

Word Meanings

• *yēṣēʾ*: went out/came forth/departed
• *malʾak*: messenger/angel/envoy
• *yakkeh*: struck/smote/slew
• *maḥănēh*: camp/army/host
• *yaškîmû*: rose early/awoke early/got up early
• *bōqer*: morning/dawn
• *pegārîm*: corpses/dead bodies/carcasses

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
• Isa 10:12 : 12 Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low. 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
• Isa 31:8 : 8 The Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to forced labor.
• 2 Chr 32:21-22 : 21 Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he was come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword. 22 Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
• 2 Sam 24:16 : 16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• Job 20:5-7 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment? 6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds, 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
• Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
• Ps 35:5-6 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
• Ps 46:6-9 : 6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted. 7 Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, see Yahweh's works, What desolations he has made in the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire. 10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth." 11 Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 76:5-7 : 5 Valiant men lie plundered, They have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands. 6 At your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. 7 You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
• 1 Chr 21:12 : 12 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
• 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
• Exod 12:23 : 23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
• Exod 12:30 : 30 Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
• Isa 33:10-12 : 10 Now will I arise, says Yahweh; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted. 11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you. 12 The peoples shall be as the burning of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
• Isa 30:30-33 : 30 Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones. 31 For through the voice of Yahweh shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he strike [him]. 32 Every stroke of the appointed staff, which Yahweh shall lay on him, shall be with [the sound of] tambourines and harps; and in battles with the brandishing [of his arm] will he fight with them. 33 For a Topheth is prepared of old; yes, for the king it is made ready; he has made it deep and large; the pile of it is fire and much wood; the breath of Yahweh, like a stream of sulfur, does kindle it.
• Isa 10:16-19 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire. 17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day. 18 He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer faints. 19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.