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“Takeקְחִיa lyre,כִנּוֹרgo aroundסֹבִּיthe city,עִירforgottenנִשְׁכָּחָהprostitute;זוֹנָהplayנַגֵּןwell,הֵיטִיבִיsing many songs,הַרְבִּי שִׁירso thatלְמַעַןyou may be remembered.”תִּזָּכֵרִי
Isaiah 23:16
Study it in the app““Take a lyre, go around the city, forgotten prostitute; play well, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:16, word by word
- “Takeקְחִיkechi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechi” appears- a lyreכִנּוֹרchinor
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinor” appears- go aroundסֹבִּיsobi
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sobi” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- forgottenנִשְׁכָּחָהnishkacha
forget
Forget.
Where else “nishkacha” appears- prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- playנַגֵּןnagen
play strings
Play a stringed instrument, plucking the strings with the fingers, as on a lyre; also make music in general.
Where else “nagen” appears- wellהֵיטִיבִיhetivi
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetivi” appears- sing many songsהַרְבִּיharbi
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “harbi” appears- sing many songsשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- you may be rememberedתִּזָּכֵרִיtizacheri
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “tizacheri” appears
The context
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:
16 · This verse (above)
17And it will happen, at the end of seventy years, that YHWH will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages, and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.