Isaiah 19:6
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
קָלָה
qâlâh
to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly
אֲגַם
ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
יָבֵשׁ
yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲגַם ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Study H98 →יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Study H3001 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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...
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
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