Isaiah 2:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַ֖ל כָּל־הֶהָרִ֣ים הָרָמִ֑ים וְעַ֖ל כָּל־הַגְּבָע֥וֹת הַנִּשָּׂאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-against all-the-hārîm the-rāmîm, and-against all-the-gəbāʿôt the-niśśāʾôt.

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and against/upon
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every
*he-hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*hā-rāmîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the high/lofty
*ha-gəbāʿôt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the hills
*ha-niśśāʾôt*: definite article + verb, niphal participle, feminine plural - the lifted up/exalted

Word Meanings

*hārîm*: mountains/high places
*rāmîm*: high/lofty/tall
*gəbāʿôt*: hills/heights
*niśśāʾôt*: lifted up/elevated/exalted

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:25 : 25 And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
2 Cor 10:5 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Ps 68:16 : 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.

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