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ForכִּיthusכֹהAdonaiאֲדֹנָיsaidאָמַרto me:אֵלָי“Withinבְּעוֹדa year,שָׁנָהlike the yearsכִּשְׁנֵיof a hired worker,שָׂכִירallכָּלthe gloryכְּבוֹדof Kedarקֵדָרwill come to an end;וְכָלָה
Isaiah 21:16
Study it in the app“For thus Adonai said to me: “Within a year, like the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 21:16, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- a yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears- the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of Kedarקֵדָרkedar
Kedar
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also a tribe of the Arabian desert.
Where else “kedar” appears- will come to an endכָלָהchala
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chala” appears
The context
15For from before swords they have fled, from before the drawn sword, and from before the bent bow, and from before the weight of battle.
16 · This verse (above)
17and the remnant of the number of bows, of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for YHWH, Elohim of Israel, has spoken.”