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And it came to beוַיְהִיthat the choicestמִבְחַרof your valleysעֲמָקַיִךְwere fullמָלְאוּof chariots,רָכֶבand the horsemenוְהַפָּרָשִׁיםfirmlyשֹׁתtook up their positionsשָׁתוּat the gate.הַשָּׁעְרָה
Isaiah 22:7
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 22:7, word by word
- And it came to beיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- that the choicestמִבְחַרmivchar
choicest, best
The best, the choicest.
Where else “mivchar” appears- of your valleysעֲמָקַיִamakayi
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “amakayi” appears- were fullמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- of chariotsרָכֶבrachev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rachev” appears- and the horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appears- firmlyשֹׁתshot
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shot” appears- at the gateשָּׁעְרָshara
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shara” appears
The context
6And Elam took up the quiver with chariots of men, horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 · This verse (above)
8And he removed the covering of Judah, and you looked on that day to the armory of the House of the Forest.