The Meaning of Isaiah 13:7 Explained

Isaiah 13:7

KJV: Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

YLT: Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

Darby: Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,

ASV: Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore shall all hands  be faint,  and every man's  heart  shall melt: 

What does Isaiah 13:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 13

1  God musters the armies of his wrath
6  He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes
19  The desolation of Babylon

What do the individual words in Isaiah 13:7 mean?

Upon thus all hands will be limp and every heart of man will melt
עַל־ כֵּ֖ן כָּל־ יָדַ֣יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־ לְבַ֥ב אֱנ֖וֹשׁ יִמָּס‪‬

עַל־  Upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֖ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יָדַ֣יִם  hands 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה  will  be  limp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָפָה  
Sense: to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
לְבַ֥ב  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
אֱנ֖וֹשׁ  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
יִמָּס‪‬  will  melt 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָסַס  
Sense: to dissolve, melt.