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ForכִּיAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתis makingעֹשֶׂהan extermination,כָלָהand it is decreed,וְנֶחֱרָצָהin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Isaiah 10:23
Study it in the app“For Adonai YHWH Tsevaot is making an extermination, and it is decreed, in the midst of all the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:23, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- is makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- an exterminationכָלָהchala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “chala” appears- and it is decreedנֶחֱרָצָהnecheratsa
decree
To settle something in advance.
Where else “necheratsa” appears- in the midstקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
22For even if your people, Israel, were like the sand of the sea, a remnant of it will return; destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
23 · This verse (above)
24Therefore, thus says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot: Do not be afraid, my people who dwell in Zion, of Assyria, when he strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you in the manner of Egypt.