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Wail,הֵילִילוּshipsאֳנִיּוֹתof Tarshish,תַּרְשִׁישׁforכִּיyour strongholdמָעֻזְּכֶןis devastated.שֻׁדַּד
Isaiah 23:14
Study it in the app“Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is devastated.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:14, word by word
- 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- your strongholdמָעֻזְּmauz
stronghold
A strong place where someone defends himself or takes refuge.
Where else “mauz” appears- is devastatedשֻׁדַּדshudad
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudad” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And it will happen, on that day, that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute: