Isaiah 49:24 — Word Study
WLCהֲיֻקַּ֥ח מִגִּבּ֖וֹר מַלְק֑וֹחַ וְאִם־ שְׁבִ֥י צַדִּ֖יק יִמָּלֵֽט׃
BSACan the plundermalqôwach [spoils of war, prey] be snatchedlâqach▸ from the mightygibbôwr [strong man, warrior] orʼim the captivesshᵉbîy [prisoners of war, lawful captive] of a tyranttsaddîyq [cruel one, dictator] be deliveredmâlaṭ▸ [set free, escape]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| הֲיֻקַּ֥ח | ¿ will it be taken | Particle, verb hophal imperfect third person masculine singular |
| מִגִּבּ֖וֹר | from a warrior | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| מַלְק֑וֹחַ | booty | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| וְאִם־ | and or? | Conjunction, particle |
| שְׁבִ֥י | [the] captive[s] of | Noun common, masculine singular construct |
| צַדִּ֖יק | [the] righteous | Adj |
| יִמָּלֵֽט׃ | will it escape | Verb, Niphal, imperfect third person masculine singular |
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| BSB | Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? |
| KJV | ¶ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? |
| ASV | Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? |
| YLT | Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered? |
| WEB | Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? |
| BBE | Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go? |
Where they part company is צַדִּ֖יק — see How Translations Differ.
Two main clauses framed as rhetorical questions, emphasizing the challenge of deliverance.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
subjectמַלְקוֹחַ
verbמָלַט
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Deep Study — Isaiah 49:24
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Context — The Promise of Redemptiongenerated
Isaiah 49:24 presents a rhetorical question about the ability to reclaim what is lost to powerful oppressors. This verse is situated within a passage where God reassures His people of their eventual deliverance, emphasizing His sovereignty over even the mightiest foes. The surrounding verses illustrate God's commitment to rescue those who are oppressed and to restore what has been taken from them.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezekiel 37:3–11 | Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” |
| 2 | Isaiah 42:22 | But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!” |
| 3 | Isaiah 53:12 | Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. |
| 4 | Psalm 124:6–7 | Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. |
| 5 | Psalm 126:1–3 | When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 10 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — מַלְק֑וֹחַ, mal.Ko.achgenerated
The noun מַלְק֑וֹחַ (*malqowach*) refers to 'booty' or 'prey,' derived from a root meaning to take or seize. It conveys the idea of spoils taken in battle, often associated with victory over an enemy.
In this verse, it highlights the spoils of war that are in the hands of a powerful adversary. The context implies a struggle against oppression, questioning whether such possessions can ever be reclaimed from a strong foe.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against. The BSB has tyrant, which is also used in the KJV and ASV, maintaining the sense of a cruel oppressor.
Where they part company is צַדִּ֖יק — dictator (FBV) versus cruel one (BBE). The versions reflect a divergence in interpreting the nature of the oppressor.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The verse consists of two main clauses, both starting with a rhetorical question: הֲיֻקַּ֥ח and יִמָּלֵֽט׃. The first clause questions the possibility of taking back what is seized, while the second addresses the escape of captives.
The structure emphasizes the impossibility of deliverance from powerful oppressors, setting a tone of desperation and challenge.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates מַלְק֑וֹחַ as σκῦλα (*skūla*), which means 'spoil' or 'booty.' This choice aligns closely with the Hebrew meaning, reinforcing the idea of what is taken in conflict.
The Greek term γίγαντος (*gigantos*) for 'mighty' suggests a strong adversary, similar to the Hebrew, but carries a connotation of a giant, emphasizing the overwhelming power of the oppressor.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Isaiah 49:24 asks whether anyone can take back what has been seized by a powerful enemy or rescue captives from a cruel oppressor. This verse highlights the struggle against oppression and the hope for deliverance.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The plunder refers to the spoils taken by a powerful enemy in battle, symbolizing what has been unjustly seized from the oppressed.
The captives are those who have been taken prisoner, often in war, representing individuals who are oppressed and in need of rescue.
The term 'tyrant' refers to a cruel oppressor who holds power over others, emphasizing the severity of their oppression.
This verse highlights the struggle for redemption, questioning whether deliverance from powerful oppressors is possible, which sets the stage for God's promise of salvation.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life do I feel oppressed or held captive by circumstances or people?
- How can I trust in God's ability to deliver me from my struggles, as promised in this passage?
- What does this verse teach me about the nature of power and oppression in the world?
- How can I support others who are experiencing captivity or oppression in their lives?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers have commented on this verse, interpreting it in the context of God's promise of redemption and the power of Christ over evil.
“Can the prey be taken from the giant?” These words refer to Christ, who took the imprisoned nations away from the demon, a mighty giant. Therefore the prey shall be snatched away from the mighty demon.Early Church Fathers on Isaiah 49 →
Will the prey be taken from the mighty, or what is captured by the strong be saved? For thus says the Lord: Indeed, the captivity will be taken from the mighty, and what has been taken by the strong will be saved.Early Church Fathers on Isaiah 49 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Isaiah 49:24 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleShall the prey be taken from the mighty,.... This is an objection to the accomplishment of what is predicted and promised above, taken from the power of the enemy, and his right to detain the people;
Read John Gill on Isaiah 49 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryShall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Read Robert Jamieson on Isaiah 49 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleShall the prey be taken from the mighty? here he starteth an objection against the forementioned promises: How can God’ s church be delivered, when she is become a prey to, and is in the hands of, her most potent enemies? Or the lawful captive delivered? he who was taken captive in a just war, as God’ s people might in some sort be said to be, because God himself had delivered them into their enemy’ s hands, and that justly for their sins. So here is a double impediment to their deliverance out of their corporal and spiritual bondage; the great power of the enemy which kept them in bondage, and the justice of God, which pleads against them and against their deliverance.
Read Matthew Poole on Isaiah 49 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsIsaiah 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?Ver. 24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty?] Not unless he be out matched and over mastered. The heathens were wont to ask, Who can wring a club out of Hercules’ s hand, or a lightening bolt out of Jove’ s? The captive Jews here seem to ask, Who can deliver us from the Babylonians, who have both might and right for them? for we are their lawful captives, and we see not how we can be set at liberty. Thus they thought at least, if they spoke not as much, not looking at all to the power and faithfulness of God, sed ad praesentium rerum spectra, ac hostium potentiam. Those that look downward on the…
Read John Trapp on Isaiah 49 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Shall the prey be taken . . .?—The question is asked by Zion in her little faith. The next phrase, “lawful captive,” literally “captive of righteousness,” may mean, (1) as in the Authorised version a captive whom the conqueror had a right to take, or (2) one who was righteous and yet had been given into captivity. Neither meaning is quite satisfactory. A conjectural emendation gives the captives of the terrible one, which fits in with the parallelism of the next verse.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Isaiah 49 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty - "Shall the prey seized by the terrible be rescued"] For צדיק tsaddik, read עריץ arits. A palpable mistake, like that in Isaiah 42:19. The correction is self-evident from the very terms of the sentence; from the necessity of the strict correspondence in the expressions between the question and the answer made to it, - and it is apparent to the blindest and most prejudiced eye. However, if authority is also necessary, there is that of the Syriac and Vulgate for it; who plainly read עריץ arits, in Isaiah 49:24 as well as in Isaiah 49:25, rendering it in the former place by the same word as in the latter. - L. These two last verses contain a…
Read AdamClarke on Isaiah 49 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and CollegesCh. Isaiah 49:14 to Isaiah 50:3. The Consolation of Zion(i) Isaiah 49:14-21. In an apostrophe to Jerusalem the prophet announces the speedy return of her population and the rebuilding of her waste places. The poetry of the passage is singularly beautiful, and charged with tender emotion. Zion, the idealised city, is the wife of Jehovah, and the mother of her inhabitants. Although she now thinks of herself as rejected and barren (Isaiah 49:14), she is assured of the unchanging love of her God (Isaiah 49:15-16) which will soon be manifested in her restoration to the joy of motherhood (17–20). The ecstasy of amazement and delight with which she recognises and welcomes her children (Isaiah…
Read Cambridge on Isaiah 49 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleShall the prey be taken from the mighty? - This seems to be the language of Zion. It is not exactly the language of incredulity; it is the language of amazement and wonder. God had made great promises.
Read Albert Barnes on Isaiah 49 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?
Tyndale line
¶ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Shall the pray be taken from the mightie? or the iust captiuitie deliuered?
Strictly literal
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or shall the captive of the victor escape?
Can the spoils be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the fierce?
From the Latin
Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty be delivered?
Simplified
Can loot be taken from a warrior? Can prisoners be rescued from a dictator?
Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree on the core message of the verse, with six of the seven words matched. The Dead Sea Scrolls — 1Qisaa also align closely with the Masoretic Text, indicating consistency in the transmission of this verse.
הֲיֻקַּ֥ח מִגִּבּ֖וֹר מַלְק֑וֹחַ וְאִם־ שְׁבִ֥י צַדִּ֖יק יִמָּלֵֽט׃
6 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
היקחו מגבור מלקוח אמ שבי עריץ ימלט
7 words on the leather.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Isaiah 49:24
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word לָקַח (*laqach*) means 'to take' and encompasses a wide range of actions, including to receive, seize, capture, and carry away. It can refer to taking something in hand, taking a wife, or even taking vengeance. The verb has various forms indicating different nuances, such as being taken away or captured.
לָקַח 965 vb. take
Qal
take, take in hand
take and carry along with oneself
take from, or out of
take, carry away
take away from, so as to deprive of
esp. take away life
take to or for a person
take up, upon = put upon
= fetch
take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
take = capture, seize
take = carry off
in phr. take vengeance
Niph.
be captured, of ark
be taken away, removed
be taken, brought unto
Pu.
be taken from, out of
= be stolen from
be taken captive
be taken away, removed
Hoph.
be taken, brought unto
be taken out of
be taken away from
Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
base
H3947 לָקַח take .. take, take in hand
. take and carry along with oneself
. . take from, or out of
. take, carry away
. take away from, so as to deprive of
. esp. take away life
. take to or for a person
. take up, upon = put upon
. = fetch
. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
. take = capture, seize
. take = carry off
. in phr. take vengeance
. . be captured, of ark
. be taken away, removed
. be taken, brought unto
. . be taken from, out of
. = be stolen from
. be taken captive
. be taken away, removed
. . be taken, brought unto
. be taken out of
. be taken away from
. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
3947 laqach law-kakh'
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of
applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch,
get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve,
seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
לָקַח (la.qach) — to take: take.
: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
Part | V-Pual-Imperf-3ms — Particle · verb hophal imperfect third person masculine singularHTi/VHi3ms
גִּבּוֹר (gibbor) means strong or mighty, and can refer to a powerful person, such as a warrior or chief. It is built from a root that implies strength and valor, covering meanings related to strength and bravery. The entries consistently emphasize its use to describe a strong man or mighty figure.
גִּבּוֹר 159 adj. strong, mighty
base
H1368 גִּבּוֹר strong, mighty
1368 gibbowr ghib-bore'
or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}; intensive from the same
as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant:--
champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one),
strong (man), valiant man.
see HEBREW for 01397
גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) — mighty man.
adj
1) strong, mighty
n m
2) strong man, brave man, mighty man
Prep | Adj — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHR/Ncmsa
מַלְקוֹחַ (malqowach) refers to both 'booty' or 'prey' and 'jaw.' The word is derived from a root meaning to take or seize, indicating its connection to capturing food or spoils. It appears in contexts related to both physical consumption and the spoils of war, with a specific mention in Psalm 22:16.
מַלְקוֹחַ n.m. booty, prey
base
[מַלְקוֹחַ] n.[m.] jaw (as taking, seizing food);—ψ 22:16
ref
H4455a מַלְקוֹחַ booty, prey H4455b מַלְקוֹחַ jaw
4455 malqowach mal-ko'-akh
from 3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food);
intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken):--booty,
jaws, prey.
see HEBREW for 03947
מַלְקוֹחַ (mal.qo.ach) — prey.
booty, prey
מַלְקוֹחַ (mal.qo.ach) — jaw.
jaw
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
boot'-i (baz and baz): "Booty" is the translation of baz or baz, usually rendered "prey" and "spoil" (Jer 49:32); of malqoach, "prey," "booty" (Nu 31:32, "the booty--the rest of the prey," the Revised Version (British and American) "the prey, over and above the booty," baz); of meshiccah, "spoil" (Hab 2:7; Ze 1:13; the Revised Version (British and American) "spoil"); of opheleia, "gain" (2 Macc 8:20). "Booty respects what is of personal service to the captor; spoils whatever serves to designate his triumph; prey includes whatever gratifies the appetite and is to be consumed" (Crabb, English Synonymes). Persons (for slaves, etc.) might be part of the booty. See also SPOIL.
W. L. Walker
Booty
Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The “pictures and images” of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Num. 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple (1 Sam. 30:24-26; 2 Sam. 8:11; 1 Chr. 26:27).
consisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might contain, especially metallic treasures. Within the limits of Canaan no captives were to be made, (20:14,16) beyond these limits, in case of warlike resistance, all the women and children were to be made captives, and the men put to death. The law of booty is given in (Numbers 31:26-47) As regarded the army, David added a regulation that the baggage guard should share equally with the troops engaged. (1 Samuel 30:24; 25)
Spoils taken in war were to be shared equally by those who fought and those who guarded the camp, Nu 31:27-32. The Lord’s portion was first deducted from the whole; and in after-times the king appropriated a large part to himself.
אִם (im) is a Hebrew conjunction primarily meaning 'if' and is used in various contexts, including conditional clauses and interrogative situations. It can also express negation, alternatives, or exceptions, and appears frequently in the Old Testament. The lexicons note its use in oaths and its ability to connect different clauses, sometimes altering their meanings.
אִם conj.
hypoth. part. if
Interrog. part.
base
כִּי אם־
each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
that if
for if
(About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—
limiting the prec. clause, except
the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
after an oath, surely
base
H518a אִם conj. . hypoth. part. if
. Interrog. part.
H518b כִּי אם־ . each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause: . that if
. for if
. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause— . limiting the prec. clause, except
. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
. after an oath, surely
518 'im eem
a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!;
interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh
that!, when; hence, as a negative, not:--(and, can-,
doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, +
more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or,
+ save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more,
none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when,
whereas, whether, while, + yet.
אִם (im) — if.
: if/whether_or/though
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
[כִּי] אם (ki im) — if: except.
1) except if
1a) but if
אִם (im) — if: surely no.
: surely_no
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
אִם (im) — if: surely yes.
: surely_yes
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
אִם (im) — if: until.
: until/except
Conj | Conj — Conjunction · particleHC/Tc
or: The word is used once for either (1Sa 26:10), and is still in poetic use in this sense; as in, "Without or wave or wind" (Coleridge); "Or the bakke or some bone he breketh in his dzouthe" (Piers Plowman (B), VII, 93; compare Merchant of Venice, III, ii, 65). It is also used with "ever" for before (Ps 90:2; Ecclesiasticus 18:19), which the American Standard Revised Version substitutes in Ec 12:6 (compare 12:1,2); So 6:12; Da 6:24.
שְׁבִי (shbiy) refers to captivity or captives, encompassing both the state of being captured and the individuals who are captured. It is derived from the root that conveys the idea of being exiled or taken away. The term can be used to describe both abstract and concrete forms of captivity, including prisoners and booty.
שְׁבִי n.m. captivity, captives (coll.)
base
[שָׁבִי adj. vel n.m. whence] שְׁבִיָּה n.f. captive
base
H7628a שְׁבִי captivity, captives (coll.) H7628b שָׁבִי adj. vel n. m. whence שְׁבִיָּה n. f. captive
7628 shbiy sheb-ee'
from 7618; exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or
concretely and collectively); by extension,
booty:--captive(-ity), prisoners, X take away, that was
taken.
see HEBREW for 07618
שְׁבִי (she.vi) — captivity.
1) captivity, captives
1a) (state of) captivity
1b) (act of) capture
1c) captives
שָׁבִי (sh.vi) — captive.
captive
N-cs — Noun common · masculine singular constructHNcmsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
צַדִּיק (tsaddiyq) means just or righteous, covering various aspects such as lawful behavior, moral conduct, and being justified by God. It is derived from a related root and is used to describe individuals who are upright in character and actions.
צַדִּיק 206 adj. just, righteous
base
H6662 צַדִּיק just, righteous
6662 tsaddiyq tsad-deek'
from 6663; just:--just, lawful, righteous (man).
see HEBREW for 06663
צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) — righteous.
1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful
Adj — AdjHAamsa
מָלַט (malat) is a Hebrew verb primarily meaning to escape or slip away. It encompasses various nuances such as delivering, saving, and even giving birth in specific contexts. The entries indicate that it can refer to both physical escape and the act of laying eggs. There is no significant disagreement among the lexicons regarding its meanings.
[מָלַט] vb. slip away (not in Qal)
Niph.
slip away
escape
pass. be delivered
Pi.
lay (eggs)
let escape
deliver
Hiph.
give birth to a male child
deliver
Hithp.
slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile)
escape
base
H4422 מָלַט slip away . . slip away
. escape
. pass. be delivered
. . lay (eggs)
. let escape
. deliver
. . give birth to a male child
. deliver
. . slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile)
. escape
4422 malat maw-lat'
a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by
implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively,
to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit
sparks:--deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone,
let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
מָלַט (ma.lat) — to escape.
1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
1a)(Niphal)
1a1) to slip away
1a2) to escape
1a3) to be delivered
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
1b2) to let escape
1b3) to deliver, save (life)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to give birth to
1c2) to deliver
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape
1d2) to escape
V-Niphal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Niphal · imperfect third person masculine singularHVNi3ms