Isaiah 21:2

“A harsh vision has been told to me: the traitor betrays, and the devastator devastates. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All its sighing I have brought to an end.”

Isaiah 21:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 21:2, word by word

A harshקָשָׁהkasha

hard

Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.

Where else “kasha” appears
visionחָזוּתchazut

vision

What God lets the prophet see, a revelation.

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has been toldהֻגַּדhugad

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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the traitorבּוֹגֵדboged

act treacherously

Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.

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and the devastatorשּׁוֹדֵדshoded

destroyer

The one who ruins and loots.

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Go upעֲלִיali

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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Elamעֵילָםelam

Elam

Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.

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Lay siegeצוּרִיtsuri

besiege

To encircle a city, or shut something in.

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Mediaמָדַיmaday

Madai

Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).

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its sighingאַנְחָתָanchata

sighing, groaning

A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.

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I have brought to an endהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati

put an end

To make something end, remove it.

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The context

1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweeping through, from the wilderness it comes, from a fearsome land.

2 · This verse (above)

3Therefore my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman giving birth; I am bent over at hearing, I am terrified at seeing.

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