Let my banished onesנִדָּחַיreside as aliensיָגוּרוּamong you,בָךְMoab;מוֹאָבbeהֱוִיa hiding placeסֵתֶרfor themלָמוֹfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe devastator.שׁוֹדֵדForכִּיthe oppressorהַמֵּץhas come to an end,אָפֵסdevastationשֹׁדhas ceased,כָּלָהthe tramplersרֹמֵסhave vanishedתַּמּוּfrom the land.מִן הָאָרֶץ
Isaiah 16:4
Study it in the app“Let 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 16:4, word by word
- Let my banished onesנִדָּחַnidaach
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “nidaach” appears- reside as aliensיָגוּרוּyaguru
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “yaguru” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- beהֱוִיhevi
be
To exist or be in a certain state; to come to be something.
Where else “hevi” appears- a hiding placeסֵתֶרseter
hiding place
A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.
Where else “seter” appears- from beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the devastatorשׁוֹדֵדshoded
destroyer
The one who ruins and loots.
Where else “shoded” appears- the oppressorמֵּץmets
oppressor (squeeze)
To squeeze, to press; as a noun, an oppressor.
Where else “mets” appears- has come to an endאָפֵסafes
run out, cease
Run out, come to an end, fail; be gone.
Where else “afes” appears- devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- has ceasedכָּלָהkala
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kala” appears- the tramplersרֹמֵסromes
trample
Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.
Where else “romes” appears- have vanishedתַּמּוּtamu
be consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tamu” appears- from the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
3Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noon; hide the banished, do not expose the wanderer.
4 · This verse (above)
5And a throne will be established in loyal love, and one will sit on it in truth in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and swift in righteousness.