The Meaning of Isaiah 10:32 Explained

Isaiah 10:32

KJV: As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

YLT: Yet to-day in Nob to remain, Wave its hand doth the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

Darby: Still a day of halting at Nob; he shaketh his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. ...

ASV: This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As yet shall he remain  at Nob  that day:  he shall shake  his hand  [against] the mount  of the daughter  of Zion,  the hill  of Jerusalem. 

What does Isaiah 10:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 10

1  The woe of tyrants
5  Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken
20  A remnant of Israel shall be saved
23  Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria

What do the individual words in Isaiah 10:32 mean?

As yet that day at Nob he will remain He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion the hill of Jerusalem -
ע֥וֹד הַיּ֖וֹם בְּנֹ֣ב לַֽעֲמֹ֑ד יְנֹפֵ֤ף יָדוֹ֙ הַ֣ר [בית־] (בַּת־) צִיּ֔וֹן גִּבְעַ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ס

ע֥וֹד  As  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
הַיּ֖וֹם  that  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
בְּנֹ֣ב  at  Nob 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נׄב  
Sense: a priestly city in the Benjamin situated on some eminence north but near Jerusalem.
לַֽעֲמֹ֑ד  he  will  remain 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
יְנֹפֵ֤ף  He  will  shake 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הֲנָפָה 
Sense: to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle.
יָדוֹ֙  his  fist 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הַ֣ר  at  the  mount 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
(בַּת־)  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
צִיּ֔וֹן  of  Zion 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
גִּבְעַ֖ת  the  hill 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: hill.
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם  of  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation