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At the timeלְעֵתof evening,עֶרֶבlook,וְהִנֵּהterror!בַלָּהָהBeforeבְּטֶרֶםmorningבֹּקֶרit is no more.אֵינֶנּוּThisזֶהisthe portionחֵלֶקof those who plunder us,שׁוֹסֵינוּand the lotוְגוֹרָלof those who despoil us.לְבֹזְזֵינוּ
Isaiah 17:14
Study it in the app“At 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:14, word by word
- At the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- terrorבַלָּהָהvalaha
terror
Terror, sudden dread; also the ruin that causes it. Almost always plural.
Where else “valaha” appears- Beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- the portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- of those who plunder usשׁוֹסֵיshose
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shose” appears- and the lotגוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears- of those who despoil usבֹזְזֵיvozze
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “vozze” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)