11
Your prideגְּאוֹנֶךָhas been brought downהוּרַדto Sheol,שְׁאוֹלthe noiseהֶמְיַתof your harps;נְבָלֶיךָbeneath youתַּחְתֶּיךָwormsרִמָּהare spread out,יֻצַּעand grubsוּ תּוֹלֵעָהare your covering.מְכַסֶּיךָ
Isaiah 14:11
Study it in the app“Your pride has been brought down to Sheol, the noise of your harps; beneath you worms are spread out, and grubs are your covering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:11, word by word
- Your prideגְּאוֹנֶgeone
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geone” appears- has been brought downהוּרַדhurad
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “hurad” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- the noiseהֶמְיַתhemyat
sound, music
A sound, murmur or music.
Where else “hemyat” appears- of your harpsנְבָלֶיnevale
harp
A stringed instrument played to accompany singing and praise.
Where else “nevale” appears- wormsרִמָּהrima
maggot
Maggot, worm (in what rots).
Where else “rima” appears- are spread outיֻצַּעyutsa
spread out
To spread, to lay something out on the ground to lie on it.
Where else “yutsa” appears- and grubsתּוֹלֵעָהtolea
worm
A small worm, a symbol of what is weak and of what destroys.
Where else “tolea” appears- are your coveringמְכַסֶּיmechase
covering
What covers: an awning, a garment, the worms covering a body; in Leviticus 9:19, the fat that wraps the inner parts.
Where else “mechase” appears
The context
10All of them will answer and say to you, ‘You too have been made weak as we are; you have become like us.’
11 · This verse (above)
12How you have fallen from the heavens, Bright Star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!