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And Elamוְעֵילָםtook upנָשָׂאthe quiverאַשְׁפָּהwith chariotsבְּרֶכֶבof men,אָדָםhorsemen,פָּרָשִׁיםand Kirוְקִירuncoveredעֵרָהthe shield.מָגֵן
Isaiah 22:6
Study it in the app“And Elam took up the quiver with chariots of men, horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 22:6, word by word
- And Elamעֵילָםelam
Elam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appears- took upנָשָׂאnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appears- the quiverאַשְׁפָּהashpa
quiver
A quiver: the case in which arrows are carried.
Where else “ashpa” appears- with chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- of menאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appears- and Kirקִירkir
Kir
Kir. The name of two places: 1) a distant region to which the king of Assyria carried the people of Damascus into exile (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5), and from which, according to Amos 9:7, the Arameans had come; 2) a city of Moab (Isaiah 15:1).
Where else “kir” appears- uncoveredעֵרָהera
lay bare
To strip what covers something and leave it in view, or to tear it down to its base.
Where else “era” appears- the shieldמָגֵןmagen
shield
A piece the soldier carries on his arm to block blows in battle.
Where else “magen” appears
The context
5For 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And it came to be that the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen firmly took up their positions at the gate.