Isaiah 23:7

“Is this your exultant city, whose origin is from the days of old? Its feet carried it far away to reside as an alien.”

Isaiah 23:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 23:7, word by word

exultant cityעַלִּיזָהaliza

exultant, jubilant

Exultant, full of joy; also noisy with merrymaking.

Where else “aliza” appears
whose originקַדְמָתָkadmata

former state

Before, first in time; also the former state of something.

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is from the daysימֵיyme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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of oldקֶדֶםkedem

of old

Times long ago, from far back.

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Its feetרַגְלֶיragle

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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carried itיֹבִלוּyovilu

bring, lead

To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.

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far awayרָחוֹקrachok

far

To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.

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to reside as an alienגוּרgur

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

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The context

6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland!

7 · This verse (above)

8Who has planned this against Tyre, the one who crowned, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

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