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And the fishermenוְ הַדַּיָּגִיםwill moan,אָנוּand allכָּלwho castמַשְׁלִיכֵיa hookחַכָּהin the Nileבַיְאוֹרwill mourn,וְאָבְלוּand those who spreadוּפֹרְשֵׂיa netמִכְמֹרֶתon the surfaceעַל פְּנֵיof the watersמַיִםwill languish.אֻמְלָלוּ
Isaiah 19:8
Study it in the app“And the fishermen will moan, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread a net on the surface of the waters will languish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:8, word by word
- And the fishermenדַּיָּגִיםdayagim
fisherman
A fisherman.
Where else “dayagim” appears- will moanאָנוּanu
mourn, lament
To mourn, to lament.
Where else “anu” appears- who castמַשְׁלִיכֵיmashliche
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “mashliche” appears- a hookחַכָּהchaka
hook, fishhook
A hook, a fishhook.
Where else “chaka” appears- in the Nileיְאוֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- will mournאָבְלוּavlu
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “avlu” appears- and those who spreadפֹרְשֵׂיforse
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “forse” appears- a netמִכְמֹרֶתmichmoret
fishing net
A fishing net.
Where else “michmoret” appears- on the surfaceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- will languishאֻמְלָלוּumlalu
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umlalu” 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
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And those who work combed flax will be ashamed, and the weavers of white cloth.