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Forכִּיthe watersמֵיof Nimrimנִמְרִיםwill beיִהְיוּdesolations;מְשַׁמּוֹתforכִּיthe grassחָצִירhas dried up,יָבֵשׁthe tender grassדֶשֶׁאis finished;כָּלָהgreen growthיֶרֶקthere is none.לֹא הָיָה
Isaiah 15:6
Study it in the app“For the waters of Nimrim will be desolations; for the grass has dried up, the tender grass is finished; green growth there is none.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 15:6, word by word
- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Nimrimנִמְרִיםnimrim
Nimrim
Nimrim: waters in Moab.
Where else “nimrim” appears- will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- desolationsמְשַׁמּוֹתmeshamot
desolation
A laid-waste place.
Where else “meshamot” appears- the grassחָצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears- has dried upיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavesh” appears- the tender grassדֶשֶׁאdeshe
vegetation
Tender vegetation that sprouts: new grass, green growth.
Where else “deshe” appears- is finishedכָּלָהkala
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kala” appears- green growthיֶרֶקyerek
green plants
What is green: green plants, fresh grass.
Where else “yerek” appears
The context
5My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives as far as Zoar, Eglath-shelishiyah; for the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for on the road of Horonaim they raise a cry of shattering.
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore the surplus they have made and their stores over the brook of the Willows they carry away.