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Whenכַּאֲשֶׁרthe reportשֵׁמַעcomes to Egypt,לְמִצְרָיִםthey will writheיָחִילוּat the reportכְּשֵׁמַעof Tyre.צֹר
Isaiah 23:5
Study it in the app“When the report comes to Egypt, they will writhe at the report of Tyre.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:5, word by word
- the reportשֵׁמַעshema
report
What is heard about someone.
Where else “shema” appears- comes to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- they will writheיָחִילוּyachilu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “yachilu” appears- of Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Tyre
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
4Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor nor given birth, nor have I raised young men nor brought up virgins.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland!