Isaiah 21:4

“My heart goes astray; horror has overwhelmed me; the twilight of my desire he has made for me into trembling.”

Isaiah 21:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 21:4, word by word

My heartלְבָבִlevavi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levavi” appears
goes astrayתָּעָהtaa

wander, go astray

Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.

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horrorפַּלָּצוּתpalatsut

shuddering, horror

Trembling, a shudder of dread.

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has overwhelmed meבִּעֲתָתְbiatat

terrify, frighten

To terrify, to startle suddenly, to fill with dread.

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the twilightנֶשֶׁףneshef

twilight

When it grows dark at evening.

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of my desireחִשְׁקִchishki

desire

Desire, what someone longs to do or to have. From the root of "be attached to, delight in."

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he has madeשָׂםsam

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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into tremblingחֲרָדָהcharada

trembling

A shaking that seizes someone who is afraid.

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The context

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.

4 · This verse (above)

5Set the table, keep the watch, eat, drink! “Rise up, princes; anoint the shield!”

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