Isaiah 21:5
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
צָפָה
tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מָשַׁח
mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
מָגֵן
mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשַׁח mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Study H4886 →מָגֵן mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Study H4043 →צָפָה tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Study H6822 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the...
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of h...
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
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