Prepareהָכִינוּa place of slaughterמַטְבֵּחַfor his sonsלְבָנָיוfor the iniquityבַּעֲוֺןof their fathers,אֲבוֹתָםso that they may notבַּלriseיָקֻמוּand possessוְיָרְשׁוּthe earthאָרֶץand fillוּמָלְאוּthe faceפְנֵיof the worldתֵבֵלwith cities.”עָרִים
Isaiah 14:21
Study it in the app“Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers, so that they may not rise and possess the earth and fill the face of the world with cities.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:21, word by word
- Prepareהָכִינוּhachinu
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinu” appears- a place of slaughterמַטְבֵּחַmatbeach
slaughter
Slaughter, a place of slaughter.
Where else “matbeach” appears- for his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- for the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- so that they may notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- riseיָקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and possessיָרְשׁוּyarshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and fillמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- the faceפְנֵיfene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fene” appears- of the worldתֵבֵלtevel
world
The world: the inhabited earth.
Where else “tevel” appears- with citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears
The context
20You will not be joined with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be named.
21 · This verse (above)
22“And I will rise up against them,” declares YHWH Tsevaot, “and I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and posterity,” declares YHWH.