Study it in the app“And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir, says YHWH.”
And I will breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיthe barבְּרִיחַof Damascus,דַּמֶּשֶׂקand cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיthe inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבfrom the valleyמִבִּקְעַתof Aven,אָוֶןand the one who holdsוְתוֹמֵךְthe scepterשֵׁבֶטfrom Beth-eden;מִבֵּית עֶדֶןand the peopleוְ עַםof Aramאֲרָםwill go into exileגָלוּto Kir,קִירָהsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appearsbolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “beriach” appearsDamascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsplain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “bikat” appearsAven
Aven: a name meaning "iniquity"; a contemptuous name for On (Heliopolis) in Egypt and for other places.
Where else “aven” appearshold fast
To grasp something and not let go, or to keep it for oneself.
Where else “tomech” appearsrod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsdelight, pleasure
Pleasure, delight; luxury.
Where else “eden” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “galu” appearsKir
Kir. The name of two places: 1) a distant region to which the king of Assyria carried the people of Damascus into exile (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5), and from which, according to Amos 9:7, the Arameans had come; 2) a city of Moab (Isaiah 15:1).
Where else “kira” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsDamascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
4And I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben-hadad.
5 · This verse (above)
6Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they carried into exile a whole captive people to hand them over to Edom.
