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Sendשִׁלְחוּthe lambכַרof the rulerמֹשֵׁלof the landאֶרֶץfrom Selaמִסֶּלַעtoward the wildernessמִדְבָּרָהto the mountainאֶל הַרof the daughterבַּתof Zion.צִיּוֹן
Isaiah 16:1
Study it in the app“Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from Sela toward the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 16:1, word by word
- Sendשִׁלְחוּshilchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appears- the lambכַרchar
lamb
A fattened lamb.
Where else “char” appears- of the rulerמֹשֵׁלmoshel
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshel” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- from Selaסֶּלַעsela
Sela
Sela. The name of a city of Edom built among crags; it means "the Rock" (2 Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1). Amaziah took it and called it Joktheel. With the article, the same word is the common noun "the rock."
Where else “sela” appears- toward the wildernessמִדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- to the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
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Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it will be like a wandering bird, a nest cast out: the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.