Isaiah 13:4

“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.”

Isaiah 13:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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