A harshקָשָׁהvisionחָזוּתhas been toldהֻגַּדto me:לִיthe traitorהַבּוֹגֵדbetrays,בּוֹגֵדand the devastatorוְהַשּׁוֹדֵדdevastates.שׁוֹדֵדGo up,עֲלִיElam!עֵילָםLay siege,צוּרִיMedia!מָדַיAllכָּלits sighingאַנְחָתָהI have brought to an end.הִשְׁבַּתִּי
Isaiah 21:2
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chazut” appears- has been toldהֻגַּדhugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hugad” appears- the traitorבּוֹגֵדboged
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “boged” appears- and the devastatorשּׁוֹדֵדshoded
destroyer
The one who ruins and loots.
Where else “shoded” appears- Go upעֲלִיali
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ali” appears- Elamעֵילָםelam
Elam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appears- Lay siegeצוּרִיtsuri
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsuri” appears- Mediaמָדַיmaday
Madai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” appears- its sighingאַנְחָתָanchata
sighing, groaning
A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.
Where else “anchata” appears- I have brought to an endהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbati” appears
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.