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Evenגַּםthe cypressesבְּרוֹשִׁיםrejoiceשָׂמְחוּover you,לְךָthe cedarsאַרְזֵיof Lebanon:לְבָנוֹן‘Sinceמֵאָזyou lay down,שָׁכַבְתָּnoלֹאwoodcutterהַכֹּרֵתcomes upיַעֲלֶהagainst us.’עָלֵינוּ
Isaiah 14:8
Study it in the app“Even the cypresses rejoice over you, the cedars of Lebanon: ‘Since you lay down, no woodcutter comes up against us.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:8, word by word
- the cypressesבְּרוֹשִׁיםberoshim
cypress
Cypress (or a similar tree with good wood); also what is made from that wood: spears or musical instruments.
Where else “beroshim” appears- rejoiceשָׂמְחוּsamchu
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samchu” appears- the cedarsאַרְזֵיarze
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arze” appears- of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- you lay downשָׁכַבְתָּshachavta
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachavta” appears- woodcutterכֹּרֵתkoret
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “koret” appears- comes upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
7The whole earth is at rest, is quiet; they break out into joyful shouting.
8 · This verse (above)
9Sheol below is stirred up for you to meet your coming; it rouses for you the shades, all the male goats of the earth; it makes rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.