The burdenמַשָּׂאof Tyre.צֹרWail,הֵילִילוּshipsאֳנִיּוֹתof Tarshish,תַּרְשִׁישׁforכִּיit is devastated,שֻׁדַּדwithout house,מִבַּיִתwithout entrance;מִבּוֹאfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Kittimכִּתִּיםit was revealedנִגְלָהto them.לָמוֹ
Isaiah 23:1
Study it in the app“The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it is devastated, without house, without entrance; from the land of Kittim it was revealed to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:1, word by word
- The burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- of Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- Wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- shipsאֳנִיּוֹתoniyot
ship
Ship.
Where else “oniyot” appears- of Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshish
Tarshish
Tarshish, a son of Javan; also a distant place on the Mediterranean, famous for its ships. Also the name of two men.
Where else “tarshish” appears- it is devastatedשֻׁדַּדshudad
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudad” appears- without houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- without entranceבּוֹאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Kittimכִּתִּיםkitim
Kittim
Kittim, descendants of Javan; the name is used for Cyprus and later for peoples across the sea.
Where else “kitim” appears- it was revealedנִגְלָהnigla
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “nigla” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Be silent, inhabitants of the coastland, the merchant of Sidon, crossing the sea, filled you.