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And it will happen,וְהָיָהon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthe gloryכְּבוֹדof Jacobיַעֲקֹבwill be made small,יִדַּלand the fatnessוּמִשְׁמַןof his fleshבְּשָׂרוֹwill grow lean.יֵרָזֶה
Isaiah 17:4
Study it in the app“And it will happen, on that day, the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the fatness of his flesh will grow lean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:4, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- will be made smallיִדַּלyidal
grow weak
To grow feeble or poor; shrink.
Where else “yidal” appears- and the fatnessמִשְׁמַןmishman
stout man
The sturdy, well-fed men.
Where else “mishman” appears- of his fleshבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- will grow leanיֵרָזֶהyeraze
make lean, waste
To make lean, to waste away.
Where else “yeraze” appears
The context
3And the fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the sons of Israel, declares YHWH Tsevaot.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it will be as when one gathers the harvest, the standing grain, and his arm reaps the ears; and it will be like one who gleans ears in the valley of Rephaim.