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And the lightוְ אוֹרof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill becomeהָיָהa fire,לְאֵשׁand his Holy Oneוּקְדוֹשׁוֹa flame;לְלֶהָבָהand it will burnוּבָעֲרָהand devourוְאָכְלָהhis thornsשִׁיתוֹand his briersוּשְׁמִירוֹin oneאֶחָדday.בְּיוֹם
Isaiah 10:17
Study it in the app“And the light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:17, word by word
- And the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- will becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and his Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appears- a flameלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- and it will burnבָעֲרָהvaara
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “vaara” appears- and devourאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- his thornsשִׁיתshit
thornbush, brush
Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.
Where else “shit” appears- and his briersשְׁמִירshemir
brier
Thorny plants on abandoned land.
Where else “shemir” appears- in oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
16Therefore the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot, will send leanness among his stout ones, and under his glory a burning will burn like the burning of fire.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful land he will consume, from soul even to flesh; and it will be like the wasting away of a sick man.