Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so will the children of Israel be rescued, who dwell in Samaria at the corner of a bed and in Damascus of a couch.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהAsכַּאֲשֶׁרthe shepherdהָרֹעֶהrescuesיַצִּילfrom the mouthמִפִּיof the lionהָאֲרִיtwoשְׁתֵּיlegsכְרָעַיִםorאוֹa pieceבְדַלof an ear,אֹזֶןsoכֵּןwill the childrenבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbe rescued,יִנָּצְלוּwho dwellהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןat the cornerבִּפְאַתof a bedמִטָּהand in Damascusוּבִדְמֶשֶׁקof a couch.עָרֶשׂ
say
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” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsil” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearslion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appearslegs
Legs (of an animal or of a locust), the lower part of the leg.
Where else “cheraayim” appearspiece
A piece, the tip (of an ear).
Where else “vedal” appearsear
The part of the head we hear with; where earrings were worn or a servant was marked.
Where else “ozen” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsedge
The edge or corner of something: of a field, a piece of furniture or the head.
Where else “feat” appearsbed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appearsDamascus (uncertain)
"Demeshek": Damascus; perhaps cloth of Damascus (sense uncertain).
Where else “demeshek” appearsbed, couch
Bed, couch.
Where else “ares” appears“And in Damascus of a couch”: meaning uncertain; perhaps a Damascus fabric that covered the couch.
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
11Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: An enemy, and he will be around the land; and he will bring down your strength from you, and your citadels will be plundered.
12 · This verse (above)
13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares Adonai YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot.
