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Terrorפַּחַדand pitוָפַחַתand snareוָפָחare upon you,עָלֶיךָinhabitantיוֹשֵׁבof the earth!הָאָרֶץ
Isaiah 24:17
Study it in the app“Terror and pit and snare are upon you, inhabitant of the earth!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:17, word by word
- Terrorפַּחַדpachad
dread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “pachad” appears- and pitפַחַתfachat
pit
Pit, hole; sometimes one dug to trap animals. Also a hollow where someone can hide (2 Samuel 17:9). In the prophets it is an image of a danger with no escape.
Where else “fachat” appears- and snareפָחfach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “fach” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew the three words sound almost the same: “pachad, pachat, pach.”
The context
16From the end of the earth we have heard songs: “Ornament for the righteous!” But I said, “Leanness to me, leanness to me! Woe to me! Traitors betray, and with betrayal traitors betray.”
17 · This verse (above)
18And it will happen: the one who flees from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare; for the floodgates on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.