Isaiah 16:3

“Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noon; hide the banished, do not expose the wanderer.”

Isaiah 16:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 16:3, word by word

Bringהָבִיאִיhavii

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “havii” appears
counselעֵצָהetsa

counsel

What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.

Where else “etsa” appears
makeעֲשׂוּasu

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asu” appears
a decisionפְלִילָהfelila

decision, arbitration

A decision, a ruling between parties.

Where else “felila” appears
makeשִׁיתִיshiti

put

To station something somewhere; sow enmity.

Where else “shiti” appears
your shadeצִלֵּtsile

shadow

A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.

Where else “tsile” appears
like the nightלַּיִלlayil

night

Night.

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in the middleתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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of noonצָהֳרָיִםtsahorayim

noon

When the sun is highest; or full light.

Where else “tsahorayim” appears
hideסַתְּרִיsatri

hide

To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.

Where else “satri” appears
the banishedנִדָּחִיםnidachim

banish

To push a people far from their land.

Where else “nidachim” appears
exposeתְּגַלִּיtegali

reveal

To make known, show openly.

Where else “tegali” appears
the wandererנֹדֵדnoded

wander

To roam like a fugitive.

Where else “noded” appears

The context

2And it will be like a wandering bird, a nest cast out: the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

3 · This verse (above)

4Let my banished ones reside as aliens among you, Moab; be a hiding place for them from before the devastator. For the oppressor has come to an end, devastation has ceased, the tramplers have vanished from the land.

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