On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthe citiesעָרֵיof his strongholdמָעֻזּוֹwill beיִהְיוּlike the abandoned placesכַּעֲזוּבַתof the woodlandהַחֹרֶשׁand of the hilltopוְהָאָמִירwhichאֲשֶׁרthey abandonedעָזְבוּfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand there will beוְהָיְתָהdesolation.שְׁמָמָה
Isaiah 17:9
Study it in the app“On 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:9, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of his strongholdמָעֻזּmauz
stronghold
A strong place where someone defends himself or takes refuge.
Where else “mauz” appears- will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- like the abandoned placesעֲזוּבַתazuvat
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azuvat” appears- of the woodlandחֹרֶשׁchoresh
thicket, Horesh
Thicket, wood. In 1 Samuel 23 it may be a place name ("Horesh") or mean "the thicket".
Where else “choresh” appears- and of the hilltopאָמִירamir
hilltop
The top of a hill.
Where else “amir” appears- from beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears
The context
8And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and what his fingers have made he will not see, neither the Asherahs nor the incense altars.
9 · This verse (above)
10For you have forgotten the Elohim of your salvation, and the Rock of your stronghold you have not remembered; therefore you plant pleasant plantings and with a cutting of a stranger you sow it;