Isaiah

Isaiah 37:11–13

¹¹Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction.^b Will you then be spared? ¹²Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations— the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? ¹³Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Footnotes

b 37:11 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

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Isaiah 37:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	הִנֵּ֣ה׀	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
you	אַתָּ֣ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
have heard	שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ	šā·ma‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H8085 hear
what	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the kings	מַלְכֵ֥י	mal·ḵê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of Assyria	אַשּׁ֛וּר	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
have done	עָשׂ֜וּ	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
to all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
countries	הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת	hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H776 earth, land
devoting them to destruction	לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם	lə·ha·ḥă·rî·mām	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
Will you then	וְאַתָּ֖ה	wə·’at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
be spared	תִּנָּצֵֽל׃	tin·nā·ṣêl	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder

Isaiah 37:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Did the gods	אֱלֹהֵ֤י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of the nations	הַגּוֹיִם֙	hag·gō·w·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
destroyed	הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ	hiš·ḥî·ṯū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H7843 go to ruin (?)
by my fathers	אֲבוֹתַ֔י	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1 father
rescue	הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ	ha·hiṣ·ṣî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5337 strip, plunder
Gozan	גּוֹזָ֖ן	gō·w·zān	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1470 Gozan
Haran	חָרָ֑ן	ḥā·rān	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2771 Charan
and Rezeph	וְרֶ֥צֶף	wə·re·ṣep̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7530 Retseph
and of the people	וּבְנֵי־	ū·ḇə·nê-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Eden	עֶ֖דֶן	‘e·ḏen	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5729 Eden
in Telassar	בִּתְלַשָּֽׂר׃	biṯ·laś·śār	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8515 Telassar

Isaiah 37:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Where	אַיֵּ֤ה	’ay·yêh	Interrogative	H346 Where?
are the kings	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Hamath	חֲמָת֙	ḥă·māṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2574 Chamath
Arpad	אַרְפָּ֔ד	’ar·pāḏ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H774 Arpad
Sepharvaim	סְפַרְוָ֑יִם	sə·p̄ar·wā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5617 Sepharvajim, Sepharim
Hena	הֵנַ֖ע	hê·na‘	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2012 Hena
and Ivvah	וְעִוָּֽה׃	wə·‘iw·wāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5755 Ivvah, Avva

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Isaiah 37:11 Isaiah 36:18–20

Isaiah 37:12 Genesis 11:31 · 2 Kings 19:12 · 2 Kings 17:6 · Acts 7:2 · 2 Kings 18:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.