Forכִּיyou have forgottenשָׁכַחַתְּthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your salvation,יִשְׁעֵךְand the Rockוְצוּרof your strongholdמָעֻזֵּךְyou have notלֹאremembered;זָכָרְתְּthereforeעַל כֵּןyou plantתִּטְּעִיpleasantנַעֲמָנִיםplantingsנִטְעֵיand with a cuttingוּזְמֹרַתof a strangerזָרyou sow it;תִּזְרָעֶנּוּ
Isaiah 17:10
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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.
Where else “elohe” appears- of your salvationיִשְׁעֵyishe
salvation, deliverance
Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."
Where else “yishe” appears- and the Rockצוּרtsur
the Rock
YHWH, the firm Rock of his people.
Where else “tsur” appears- of your strongholdמָעֻזֵּmauze
bulwark
YHWH, the safe place of his people.
Where else “mauze” appears- rememberedזָכָרְתְּzachart
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zachart” appears- you plantתִּטְּעִיtiti
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “titi” appears- pleasantנַעֲמָנִיםnaamanim
pleasantness; pleasant plants
Pleasantness; in the plural, pleasant plants or plantings.
Where else “naamanim” appears- plantingsנִטְעֵיnite
plant, planting
A plant, a planting; what has been planted.
Where else “nite” appears- and with a cuttingזְמֹרַתzemorat
branch, vine shoot
Branch: a shoot of the vine.
Where else “zemorat” appears- of a strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- you sow itתִּזְרָעֶtizrae
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “tizrae” appears
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.