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Pass throughעִבְרִיyour landאַרְצֵךְlike the Nile,כַּיְאֹרdaughterבַּתof Tarshish;תַּרְשִׁישׁthere is noאֵיןgirdleמֵזַחany longer.עוֹד
Isaiah 23:10
Study it in the app“Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle any longer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:10, word by word
- Pass throughעִבְרִיivri
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivri” appears- your landאַרְצֵartse
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appears- like the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” 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- girdleמֵזַחmezach
belt
A belt, a sash that girds the waist.
Where else “mezach” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is difficult. “Girdle” may mean what held Tarshish (the dominion of Tyre), or a harbor or shipyard.
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
9YHWH Tsevaot has planned it, to profane the pride of all ornament, to bring into contempt all the honored of the earth.
10 · This verse (above)
11His hand he has stretched out over the sea; he has shaken kingdoms; YHWH has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.