And their bowsוּקְשָׁתוֹתwill dash to piecesתְּרַטַּשְׁנָהthe young men,נְעָרִיםand on the fruitוּפְרִיof the wombבֶטֶןthey will have noלֹאcompassion;יְרַחֵמוּon childrenעַל בָּנִיםtheir eyeעֵינָםwill notלֹאhave pity.תָחוּס
Isaiah 13:18
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 13:18, word by word
- And their bowsקְשָׁתוֹתkeshatot
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshatot” appears- will dash to piecesתְּרַטַּשְׁנָהteratashna
dash to pieces
Dash, throw against the ground or the rocks until smashed. Used of what a cruel army does to the children of a conquered city (2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 13:16).
Where else “teratashna” appears- the young menנְעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears- and on the fruitפְרִיferi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “feri” appears- of the wombבֶטֶןveten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “veten” appears- compassionיְרַחֵמוּyerachemu
have compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “yerachemu” appears- on childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- their eyeעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- have pityתָחוּסtachus
pity, spare
Have pity, take compassion; spare. "Let your eye not pity" means do not worry about what you leave behind.
Where else “tachus” appears
The context
17Look, I am stirring up against them the Medes, who do not value silver and gold they do not delight in.
18 · This verse (above)
19And Babylon, the ornament of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like the overthrow by Elohim of Sodom and Gomorrah.