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The burdenמַשָּׂאof Dumah.דּוּמָהOne callsקֹרֵאto meאֵלַיfrom Seir,מִשֵּׂעִיר“Watchman,שֹׁמֵרwhatמַהof the night?מִלַּיְלָהWatchman,שֹׁמֵרwhatמַהof the night?”מִלֵּיל
Isaiah 21:11
Study it in the app“The burden of Dumah. One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 21:11, word by word
- The burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- of Dumahדּוּמָהduma
Dumah
Dumah, a son of Ishmael; also a region of Arabia and a town in Judah.
Where else “duma” appears- One callsקֹרֵאkore
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kore” appears- from Seirשֵּׂעִירseir
Seir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appears- “Watchmanשֹׁמֵרshomer
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appears- of the nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
10My threshed one, and son of my threshing floor: what I have heard from YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel, I have declared to you.
11 · This verse (above)
12The watchman said, “Morning comes, and also night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back, come.”