Isaiah 17:10

“For you have forgotten the Elohim of your salvation, and the Rock of your stronghold you have not remembered; therefore you plant pleasant plantings and with a cutting of a stranger you sow it;”

Isaiah 17:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 17:10, word by word

you have forgottenשָׁכַחַתְּshachachat

forget

Forget.

Where else “shachachat” appears
the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of your salvationיִשְׁעֵyishe

salvation, deliverance

Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."

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and the Rockצוּרtsur

the Rock

YHWH, the firm Rock of his people.

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of your strongholdמָעֻזֵּmauze

bulwark

YHWH, the safe place of his people.

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rememberedזָכָרְתְּzachart

remember

To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.

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you plantתִּטְּעִיtiti

plant

Plant; set firmly.

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pleasantנַעֲמָנִיםnaamanim

pleasantness; pleasant plants

Pleasantness; in the plural, pleasant plants or plantings.

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plantingsנִטְעֵיnite

plant, planting

A plant, a planting; what has been planted.

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and with a cuttingזְמֹרַתzemorat

branch, vine shoot

Branch: a shoot of the vine.

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of a strangerזָרzar

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

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you sow itתִּזְרָעֶtizrae

sow

To put seed in the ground.

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Translation note

“Pleasant plantings” (נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים) may be plantings made in honor of a foreign god.

The context

9On that day the cities of his stronghold will be like the abandoned places of the woodland and of the hilltop which they abandoned from before the sons of Israel; and there will be desolation.

10 · This verse (above)

11On the day of your planting you make it grow, and in the morning your seed you make blossom; the harvest will flee in the day of sickness and of incurable pain.

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