Isaiah 31:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּצִפֳּרִים עָפוֹת כֵּן יָגֵן יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם גָּנוֹן וְהִצִּיל פָּסֹחַ וְהִמְלִיט

Transliteration

Like ṣippŏrim ʿāp̄ôt so yāgēn Yhwh ṣᵉḇāʾôt upon Yᵉrûšālāyim gānôn and hiṣṣîl pāsōaḥ and himliṭ

Grammar Details

*ṣippŏrim*: noun, feminine plural - birds
*ʿāp̄ôt*: participle, feminine plural, qal - flying
*yāgēn*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he protects
*Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD
*ṣᵉḇāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*Yᵉrûšālāyim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*gānôn*: infinitive absolute, qal - protecting
*hiṣṣîl*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - he delivers
*pāsōaḥ*: infinitive absolute, qal - passing over
*himliṭ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - he rescues

Word Meanings

*ṣippŏrim*: birds/sparrows
*ʿāp̄ôt*: flying/hovering
*yāgēn*: protects/shields/defends
*gānôn*: protecting/shielding (emphatic)
*hiṣṣîl*: delivers/saves/rescues
*pāsōaḥ*: passing over/sparing
*himliṭ*: rescues/delivers/saves

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:11 : 11 As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Isa 38:6 : 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Isa 10:14 : 14 and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
Ps 37:40 : 40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Ps 46:5 : 5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
Exod 12:27 : 27 that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Exod 19:4 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

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