The soundקוֹלof a multitudeהָמוֹןon the mountains,בֶּהָרִיםthe likenessדְּמוּתof a greatרָבpeople!עַםThe soundקוֹלof the uproarשְׁאוֹןof kingdoms,מַמְלְכוֹתof nationsגּוֹיִםgathered together!נֶאֱסָפִיםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתis musteringמְפַקֵּדthe armyצְבָאfor battle.מִלְחָמָה
Isaiah 13:4
Study it in the app“The sound of a multitude on the mountains, the likeness of a great people! The sound of the uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! YHWH Tsevaot is mustering the army for battle.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 13:4, word by word
- The soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of a multitudeהָמוֹןhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- on the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- the likenessדְּמוּתdemut
likeness
Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.
Where else “demut” appears- of a greatרָבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- of the uproarשְׁאוֹןsheon
roar, uproar
Roar, uproar: a great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.
Where else “sheon” appears- of kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appears- of nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- gathered togetherנֶאֱסָפִיםneesafim
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesafim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- is musteringמְפַקֵּדmefaked
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “mefaked” appears- for battleמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
3I have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also called my mighty men for my anger, those who exult in my loftiness.
4 · This verse (above)
5They come from a land far away, from the end of the heavens, YHWH and the instruments of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.