Isaiah 13:7

“Therefore all hands will go limp, and every heart of a mortal will melt.”

Isaiah 13:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 13:7, word by word

handsיָדַיִםyadayim

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yadayim” appears
will go limpתִּרְפֶּינָהtirpena

go limp

To grow feeble, be discouraged.

Where else “tirpena” appears
heartלְבַבlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levav” appears
of a mortalאֱנוֹשׁenosh

man, mortal

Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.

Where else “enosh” appears
will meltיִמָּסyimas

lose heart

To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.

Where else “yimas” appears

The context

6Wail, for the day of YHWH is near; like devastation from Shaddai it will come.

7 · This verse (above)

8And they will be terrified; pangs and pains will seize them; like a woman giving birth they will writhe; each at his neighbor will stare in amazement; faces of flames are their faces.

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