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And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“You will notלֹאagainתוֹסִיפִי עוֹדexult,לַעְלוֹזoppressedהַמְעֻשָּׁקָהvirginבְּתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof Sidon!צִידוֹןArise,קוּמִיcross overעֲבֹרִיto Kittim;כִּתִּיםevenגַּםthereשָׁםthere will be noלֹאrestיָנוּחַfor you.”לָךְ
Isaiah 23:12
Study it in the app“And he said, “You will not again exult, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there there will be no rest for you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:12, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- againתוֹסִיפִיtosifi
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifi” appears- exultעְלוֹזeloz
exult
Leap for joy, exult.
Where else “eloz” appears- oppressedמְעֻשָּׁקָהmeushaka
oppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “meushaka” appears- virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- Ariseקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- cross overעֲבֹרִיavori
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avori” appears- to Kittimכִּתִּיםkitim
Kittim
Kittim, descendants of Javan; the name is used for Cyprus and later for peoples across the sea.
Where else “kitim” appears- restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears
Places in this verse
Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
The context
11His hand he has stretched out over the sea; he has shaken kingdoms; YHWH has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.
12 · This verse (above)
13Look, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; Assyria founded it for desert creatures; they raised their siege towers, they stripped its palaces; he made it a ruin.