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And the riversוְ נְהָרוֹתwill stink;הֶאֶזְנִיחוּthe canalsיְאֹרֵיof Egyptמָצוֹרwill dwindleדָּלֲלוּand dry up;וְחָרְבוּreedקָנֶהand rushוָסוּףwill wither.קָמֵלוּ
Isaiah 19:6
Study it in the app“And the rivers will stink; the canals of Egypt will dwindle and dry up; reed and rush will wither.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:6, word by word
- And the riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- will stinkהֶאֶזְנִיחוּheeznichu
stink
To give off a rotten smell, like stagnant water.
Where else “heeznichu” appears- the canalsיְאֹרֵיyeore
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeore” appears- of Egyptמָצוֹרmatsor
Egypt
A poetic, infrequent name for Egypt (2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 19:6; Micah 7:12). The same word, as a common noun, means "siege" or "fortress."
Where else “matsor” appears- will dwindleדָּלֲלוּdalalu
grow weak
To grow feeble or poor; shrink.
Where else “dalalu” appears- and dry upחָרְבוּcharvu
dry up
To be left without water, a river, a sea or a spring.
Where else “charvu” appears- reedקָנֶהkane
reed
A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.
Where else “kane” appears- and rushסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- will witherקָמֵלוּkamelu
wither
To wither, to dry up.
Where else “kamelu” appears
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
5And the waters of the sea will fail, and the river will be parched and dry up.
6 · This verse (above)
7The meadows by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, and every sown field of the Nile will dry up, be driven away, and be no more.