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Isaiah 18:2

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Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:	That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!	All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That sendeth^H7971 ambassadors^H6735 by the sea^H3220, even in vessels^H3627 of bulrushes^H1573 upon^H6440 the waters^H4325, saying, Go^H3212, ye swift^H7031 messengers^H4397, to a nation^H1471 scattered^H4900 and peeled^H4178, to a people^H5971 terrible^H3372 from their beginning hitherto^H1973; a nation^H1471 meted out^H6978 and trodden down^H4001, whose land^H776 the rivers^H5104 have spoiled^H958!

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Original Hebrew

הַשֹּׁלֵחַ בַּיָּם צִירִים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם לְכוּ ׀ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים אֶל־גֹּוי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמֹורָט אֶל־עַם נֹורָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גֹּוי קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַ/שֹּׁלֵ֨חַ	ha./sho.Le.ach	H7971	HTd/Vqrmsa	which/ sends
בַּ/יָּ֜ם	ba/i.Yam	H3220	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ sea
צִירִ֗ים	tzi.Rim	H6735	HNcmpa	envoys
וּ/בִ/כְלֵי	u./vi/kh.lei-	H3627	HC/R/Ncmpc	and/ in/ vessels of
גֹמֶא֮	go.Me'	H1573	HNcmsa	papyrus
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
פְּנֵי	pe.nei-	H6440	HNcbpc	(the) surface of
מַיִם֒	ma.Yim	H4325	HNcmpa	(the) waters
לְכ֣וּ	le.Khu	H3212	HVqv2mp	go
מַלְאָכִ֣ים	mal.'a.Khim	H4397	HNcmpa	O messengers
קַלִּ֗ים	ka.Lim	H7031	HAampa	swift
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
גּוֹי֙	goy	H1471	HNcmsa	a nation
מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ	me.mu.Shakh	H4900	HVPsmsa	tall
וּ/מוֹרָ֔ט	u./mo.Rat	H4178	HC/VPsmsa	and/ smooth skinned
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עַ֥ם	'am	H5971	HNcmsa	a people
נוֹרָ֖א	no.Ra'	H3372	HVNrmsa	feared
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
וָ/הָ֑לְאָה	va./Hal.'ah	H1973	HC/D	and/ beyond
גּ֚וֹי	Goy	H1471	HNcmsa	a nation of
קַו	kav-	H6978	HNcmsa	strength of
קָ֣ו	kav	H6978	HNcmsa	strength
וּ/מְבוּסָ֔ה	u./me.vu.Sah	H4001	HC/Ncfsa	and/ trampling
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
בָּזְא֥וּ	ba.ze.'U	H958	HVqp3cp	they divide
נְהָרִ֖ים	ne.ha.Rim	H5104	HNcmpa	rivers
אַרְצֽ/וֹ	'ar.Tz/o	H776	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	land/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H958 — בָּזָא (bâzâʼ, baw-zaw'): a primitive root; probably to cleave; spoil.
• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H1573 — גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ, go'-meh): from גָּמָא; properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus; (bul-) rush.
• H1973 — הָלְאָה (hâlᵉʼâh, haw-leh-aw'): xlit hâlᵉâh corrected to hâlᵉʼâh; from the primitive form of the article (hal); to the distance, i.e. far away; also (of time) thus far; back, beyond, (hence,-) forward, hitherto, thence, forth, yonder.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
• H3627 — כְּלִי (kᵉlîy, kel-ee'): from כָּלָה; something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon); armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] whatsoever.
• H4001 — מְבוּסָה (mᵉbûwçâh, meb-oo-saw'): from בּוּס; a trampling; treading (trodden) down (under foot).
• H4178 — מוֹרָט (môwrâṭ, mo-rawt'): from יָרַט; obstinate, i.e. independent; peeled.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
• H4900 — מָשַׁךְ (mâshak, maw-shak'): a primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.); draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.
• H5104 — נָהָר (nâhâr, naw-hawr'): from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6735 — צִיר (tsîyr, tseer): from צוּר; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal); ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare צִיר.
• H6978 — קַו־קַו (qav-qav, kav-kav'): lemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו; from קַו (in the sense of a fastening); stalwart; [idiom] meted out.
• H7031 — קַל (qal, kal): contracted from קָלַל; light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial); light, swift(-ly).
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• have spoiled — Isaiah 19:5-7
• sendeth — Isaiah 30:2-4, Ezekiel 30:9
• to a nation — Isaiah 18:7
• to a people — Genesis 10:8-9, 2 Chronicles 12:2-4, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 2 Chronicles 16:8
• vessels — Exodus 2:3

Reciprocal references (4): Isaiah 19:6, Isaiah 42:22, Jeremiah 49:14, Obadiah 1:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BULRUSHES
• Torrey’s: JEWS, THE, SHIPS
• Nave’s: AMBASSADORS, BULRUSH, ETHIOPIA, SHIP

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