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In its streetsבְּחוּצֹתָיוthey gird themselvesחָגְרוּwith sackcloth;שָׂקon its rooftopsעַל גַּגּוֹתֶיהָand in its squaresוּבִרְחֹבֹתֶיהָall of itכֻּלֹּהwails,יְיֵלִילgoing downיֹרֵדin weeping.בַּבֶּכִי
Isaiah 15:3
Study it in the app“In its streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares all of it wails, going down in weeping.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 15:3, word by word
- In its streetsחוּצֹתָיchutsotay
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsotay” appears- they gird themselvesחָגְרוּchagru
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagru” appears- with sackclothשָׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- on its rooftopsגַּגּוֹתֶיgagote
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gagote” appears- and in its squaresרְחֹבֹתֶיrechovote
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovote” appears- wailsיְיֵלִילyeyelil
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “yeyelil” appears- going downיֹרֵדyored
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yored” appears- in weepingבֶּכִיbechi
weeping
Weeping.
Where else “bechi” appears
The context
2He goes up to the house and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails; on all its heads baldness, every beard shaved off.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; as far as Jahaz their voice is heard; therefore the armed men of Moab shout; his soul trembles within him.