Isaiah 9:20
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּזַר
gâzar
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׂבַע
sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּזַר gâzar
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
Study H1504 →שָׂבַע sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Study H7646 →זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Study H2220 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeeme...
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and th...
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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