Study it in the app“And the inhabitant of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from before the king of Assyria! And how will we escape?’””
And the inhabitantוְ יֹשֵׁבof this coastlandהָאִי הַזֶּהwill sayאָמַרon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא‘Look,הִנֵּהsuchכֹהisour hope,מַבָּטֵנוּwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםwe fledנַסְנוּfor helpלְעֶזְרָהto be deliveredלְהִנָּצֵלfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Assyria!אַשּׁוּרAnd howוְאֵיךְwill weאֲנָחְנוּescape?’”נִמָּלֵט
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearscoast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “i” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearshope, expectation
Hope: what one looks to and expects.
Where else “mabate” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasnu” appearshelp
Help, aid.
Where else “ezra” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hinatsel” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsescape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “nimalet” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
5And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their beauty.
6 · This verse (above)
