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The townקִרְיַתof formlessnessתֹּהוּis broken;נִשְׁבְּרָהeveryכָּלhouseבַּיִתis shut,סֻגַּרso that no one enters.מִבּוֹא
Isaiah 24:10
Study it in the app“The town of formlessness is broken; every house is shut, so that no one enters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:10, word by word
- The townקִרְיַתkiryat
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kiryat” appears- of formlessnessתֹּהוּtohu
formlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appears- is brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbra” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- is shutסֻגַּרsugar
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sugar” appears- so that no one entersבּוֹאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” appears
The context
9With song they do not drink wine; intoxicating drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 · This verse (above)
11An outcry over the wine in the streets; all joy has grown dark; the rejoicing of the earth has gone into exile.