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Wail,הֵילִילִיgate!שַׁעַרCry out,זַעֲקִיcity!עִירMelt away,נָמוֹגPhilistia,פְּלֶשֶׁתall of you!כֻּלֵּךְForכִּיfrom the northמִצָּפוֹןsmokeעָשָׁןis coming,בָּאand there is noוְאֵיןstragglerבּוֹדֵדin his ranks.בְּמוֹעָדָיו
Isaiah 14:31
Study it in the app“Wail, gate! Cry out, city! Melt away, Philistia, all of you! For from the north smoke is coming, and there is no straggler in his ranks.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:31, word by word
- Wailהֵילִילִיhelili
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helili” appears- gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- Cry outזַעֲקִיzaaki
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaaki” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- Melt awayנָמוֹגnamog
lose heart
To lose courage from fear, to be left without strength.
Where else “namog” appears- Philistiaפְּלֶשֶׁתpeleshet
Philistia
Philistia, the coastal strip where the Philistines lived.
Where else “peleshet” appears- from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- is comingבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- stragglerבּוֹדֵדboded
alone, apart
Alone, apart from the others.
Where else “boded” appears- in his ranksמוֹעָדָיmoaday
ranks, assembly
The ranks of an army, its gathered troops.
Where else “moaday” appears
The context
30And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and it will kill your remnant.
31 · This verse (above)
32And what will one answer the messengers of the nation? That YHWH has founded Zion, and in it the afflicted of his people will take refuge.