Forכִּיit is a dayיוֹםof panicמְהוּמָהand of tramplingוּמְבוּסָהand of confusionוּמְבוּכָהfrom AdonaiלַאדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתin the valleyבְּגֵיאof Vision,חִזָּיוֹןa battering downמְקַרְקַרof the wallקִרand a cryוְשׁוֹעַto the mountain.אֶל הָהָר
Isaiah 22:5
Study it in the app“For it is a day of panic and of trampling and of confusion from Adonai YHWH Tsevaot in the valley of Vision, a battering down of the wall and a cry to the mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 22:5, word by word
- it is a dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of panicמְהוּמָהmehuma
confusion, panic
Confusion: disorder and panic that make an army flee.
Where else “mehuma” appears- and of tramplingמְבוּסָהmevusa
trampling
Trampling, trampling down.
Where else “mevusa” appears- and of confusionמְבוּכָהmevucha
confusion, perplexity
Confusion, the bewilderment of one who does not know what to do.
Where else “mevucha” appears- from Adonaiאדֹנָdona
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 “dona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- in the valleyגֵיאge
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appears- of Visionחִזָּיוֹןchizayon
vision
A vision: what God shows or communicates, sometimes at night or in dreams.
Where else “chizayon” appears- a battering downמְקַרְקַרmekarkar
tear down
Knock down, demolish.
Where else “mekarkar” appears- of the wallקִרkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- and a cryשׁוֹעַshoa
cry for help
A call for help.
Where else “shoa” appears- to the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
The context
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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And Elam took up the quiver with chariots of men, horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.