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Thereforeעַל כֵּןa strongעָזpeopleעַםwill honor you;יְכַבְּדוּךָthe townקִרְיַתof tyrantעָרִיצִיםnationsגּוֹיִםwill fear you.יִירָאוּךָ
Isaiah 25:3
Study it in the app“Therefore a strong people will honor you; the town of tyrant nations will fear you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 25:3, word by word
- a strongעָזaz
strong
Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.
Where else “az” appears- peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- will honor youיְכַבְּדוּyechabdu
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “yechabdu” appears- the townקִרְיַתkiryat
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kiryat” appears- of tyrantעָרִיצִיםaritsim
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritsim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will fear youיִירָאוּyirau
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yirau” appears
The context
2For you have made the city into a heap, the fortified town into a ruin, the palace of strangers no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.
3 · This verse (above)
4For you have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the downpour, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the tyrants is like a downpour against a wall.