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Woe!הוֹיThe tumultהֲמוֹןof manyרַבִּיםpeoples,עַמִּיםlike the roaringכַּהֲמוֹתof the seasיַמִּיםthey roar;יֶהֱמָיוּןand the uproarוּשְׁאוֹןof the nations,לְאֻמִּיםlike the uproarכִּשְׁאוֹןof mightyכַּבִּירִיםwatersמַיִםthey resound.יִשָּׁאוּן
Isaiah 17:12
Study it in the app“Woe! The tumult of many peoples, like the roaring of the seas they roar; and the uproar of the nations, like the uproar of mighty waters they resound.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:12, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- The tumultהֲמוֹןhamon
tumult
A loud sound of many people or much water.
Where else “hamon” appears- of manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- like the roaringהֲמוֹתhamot
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “hamot” appears- of the seasיַמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- and the uproarשְׁאוֹןsheon
roar, uproar
Roar, uproar: a great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.
Where else “sheon” appears- of the nationsלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears- of mightyכַּבִּירִיםkabirim
mighty, great, much
Great, mighty; also much, abundant.
Where else “kabirim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- they resoundיִשָּׁאוּyishau
resound
Crash like waters.
Where else “yishau” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13The nations, like the uproar of many waters, resound; but he rebukes it, and it flees far away, and is chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like whirling dust before the storm wind.