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Allכָּלyour rulersקְצִינַיִךְfledנָדְדוּtogether;יַחַדwithout the bowמִקֶּשֶׁתthey were bound;אֻסָּרוּallכָּלof you who were foundנִמְצָאַיִךְwere boundאֻסְּרוּtogether;יַחְדָּוfar awayמֵרָחוֹקthey had fled.בָּרָחוּ
Isaiah 22:3
Study it in the app“All your rulers fled together; without the bow they were bound; all of you who were found were bound together; far away they had fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 22:3, word by word
- your rulersקְצִינַיִketsinayi
commander, leader
Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.
Where else “ketsinayi” appears- fledנָדְדוּnaddu
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “naddu” appears- togetherיַחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears- without the bowקֶּשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- they were boundאֻסָּרוּusaru
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “usaru” appears- of you who were foundנִמְצָאַיִnimtsaayi
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsaayi” appears- far awayרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- they had fledבָּרָחוּbarachu
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “barachu” appears
The context
2full of shouting, a tumultuous city, an exultant town? Your slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 · This verse (above)
4Therefore I said, “Look away from me; let me be bitter in weeping; do not hurry to comfort me over the devastation of the daughter of my people.”