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And the daughterוְ בַתof Zionצִיּוֹןis leftנוֹתְרָהlike a boothכְּסֻכָּהin a vineyard,בְכָרֶםlike a hutכִּמְלוּנָהin a cucumber field,בְמִקְשָׁהlike a cityכְּעִירunder siege.נְצוּרָה
Isaiah 1:8
Study it in the app“And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:8, word by word
- And the daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- is leftנוֹתְרָהnotra
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notra” appears- like a boothסֻכָּהsuka
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “suka” appears- in a vineyardכָרֶםcharem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charem” appears- like a hutמְלוּנָהmeluna
hut, shelter
A hut, a watchman's shelter in a field; also a hanging bed.
Where else “meluna” appears- in a cucumber fieldמִקְשָׁהmiksha
cucumber field
A cucumber field, a field of melons and cucumbers.
Where else “miksha” appears- like a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- under siegeנְצוּרָהnetsura
besiege
To surround a city so that no one goes out or in.
Where else “netsura” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
7Your land is a desolation, your cities burned with fire; your ground, before your eyes strangers devour it, and it is a desolation like the overthrow by strangers.
8 · This verse (above)
9Unless YHWH Tsevaot had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.