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Look,הִנְIנִיam stirring upמֵעִירagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםthe Medes,אֶת מָדָיwhoאֲשֶׁרdo notלֹאvalueיַחְשֹׁבוּsilverכֶּסֶףandוְgoldזָהָבthey do notלֹאdelight in.יַחְפְּצוּ בוֹ
Isaiah 13:17
Study it in the app“Look, I am stirring up against them the Medes, who do not value silver and gold they do not delight in.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 13:17, word by word
- am stirring upמֵעִירmeir
stir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “meir” appears- the Medesמָדָיmaday
Madai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” appears- valueיַחְשֹׁבוּyachshovu
think
To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.
Where else “yachshovu” appears- silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- delight inיַחְפְּצוּyachptsu
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “yachptsu” appears
The context
16And their little ones will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives violated.
17 · This verse (above)
18And their bows will dash to pieces the young men, and on the fruit of the womb they will have no compassion; on children their eye will not have pity.