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The earthהָאָרֶץmourns,אָבְלָהwithers;נָבְלָהthe worldתֵּבֵלlanguishes,אֻמְלְלָהwithers;נָבְלָהthe exaltedמְרוֹםof the peopleעַםof the earthהָאָרֶץlanguish.אֻמְלָלוּ
Isaiah 24:4
Study it in the app“The earth mourns, withers; the world languishes, withers; the exalted of the people of the earth languish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:4, word by word
- The earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- mournsאָבְלָהavla
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “avla” appears- withersנָבְלָהnavla
wither
To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.
Where else “navla” appears- the worldתֵּבֵלtevel
world
The world: the inhabited earth.
Where else “tevel” appears- languishesאֻמְלְלָהumlla
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umlla” appears- the exaltedמְרוֹםmerom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “merom” appears- of the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
3Emptied, the earth will be emptied; and plundered, it will be plundered; for YHWH has spoken this word.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the earth has been polluted under its inhabitants; for they have overstepped the instructions, they have changed the statute, they have broken the eternal covenant.