And the thicketsסִבְכֵיof the forestהַיַּעַרwill be cut downוְנִקַּףwith iron,בַּבַּרְזֶלand Lebanonוְהַלְּבָנוֹןwill fallיִפּוֹלby a magnificent one.בְּאַדִּיר
Isaiah 10:34
Study it in the app“And the thickets of the forest will be cut down with iron, and Lebanon will fall by a magnificent one.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:34, word by word
- And the thicketsסִבְכֵיsivche
thicket
Thicket, tangled brush.
Where else “sivche” appears- of the forestיַּעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- will be cut downנִקַּףnikaf
undo
To undo something completely, like the skin of the body.
Where else “nikaf” appears- with ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- and Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- will fallיִפּוֹלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- by a magnificent oneאַדִּירadir
majestic
Great and strong, awe-inspiring.
Where else “adir” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
33Look, the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot, lops the boughs with terror; and the high of stature are hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
34 · This verse (above)