The nations,לְאֻמִּיםlike the uproarכִּשְׁאוֹןof manyרַבִּיםwaters,מַיִםresound;יִשָּׁאוּןbut he rebukes it,וְגָעַר בּוֹand it fleesוְנָסfar away,מִמֶּרְחָקand is chasedוְרֻדַּףlike the chaffכְּמֹץof the mountainsהָרִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe wind,רוּחַand like whirling dustוּכְגַלְגַּלbeforeלִפְנֵיthe storm wind.סוּפָה
Isaiah 17:13
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:13, word by word
- The nationsלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears- like 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 manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- resoundיִשָּׁאוּyishau
resound
Crash like waters.
Where else “yishau” appears- but he rebukes itגָעַרgaar
rebuke
Rebuke, scold sternly.
Where else “gaar” appears- and it fleesנָסnas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appears- far awayמֶּרְחָקmerchak
distance, far place
Distance, a far place; "from afar".
Where else “merchak” appears- and is chasedרֻדַּףrudaf
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rudaf” appears- like the chaffמֹץmots
chaff
Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.
Where else “mots” appears- of the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and like whirling dustגַלְגַּלgalgal
whirlwind
Something that whirls, like a whirlwind.
Where else “galgal” appears- the storm windסוּפָהsufa
whirlwind
A strong wind that sweeps away.
Where else “sufa” appears
The context
12Woe! 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14At the time of evening, look, terror! Before morning it is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who despoil us.