Isaiah 50:3
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָבַשׁ
lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
כִּמְרִיר
kimrîyr
obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שַׂק
saq
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain...
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
Key Terms in This Verse
כִּמְרִיר kimrîyr
obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)
Study H3650 →לָבַשׁ lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Study H3847 →שַׂק saq
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
Study H8242 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →Cross References
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
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