Isaiah 7:18
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁרַק
shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
עוּף
ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
דְּבוֹרָה
dᵉbôwrâh
the bee (from its systematic instincts)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁרַק shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Study H8319 →עוּף ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Study H5774 →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 →אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Study H804 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra...
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of...
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full o...
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