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The princesשָׂרֵיof Zoanצֹעַןhave become fools;נוֹאֲלוּthe princesשָׂרֵיof Memphisנֹףare deceived;נִשְּׁאוּthey have led astrayהִתְעוּEgypt,אֶת מִצְרַיִםthe cornerstoneפִּנַּתof its tribes.שְׁבָטֶיהָ
Isaiah 19:13
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With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:13, word by word
- The princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of Zoanצֹעַןtsoan
Zoan
Zoan, an ancient city of Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Where else “tsoan” appears- have become foolsנוֹאֲלוּnoalu
act foolishly
Act foolishly, without good sense.
Where else “noalu” appears- of Memphisנֹףnof
Noph (Memphis)
Noph: Memphis, a great city of Egypt.
Where else “nof” appears- are deceivedנִשְּׁאוּnishu
deceive
To make someone believe something false.
Where else “nishu” appears- they have led astrayהִתְעוּhitu
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “hitu” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the cornerstoneפִּנַּתpinat
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinat” appears- of its tribesשְׁבָטֶיshevate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevate” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you, please, and let them know what YHWH Tsevaot has planned against Egypt.
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH has mixed within it a spirit of dizziness, and they have led astray Egypt in all its work, as a drunkard goes astray in his vomit.