Isaiah 26:20

“Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation passes.”

Isaiah 26:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 26:20, word by word

Goלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lech” appears
my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
enterבֹּאbo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “bo” appears
your roomsחֲדָרֶיchadare

inner room

Inner room, private chamber.

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and shutסְגֹרsegor

shut

To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.

Where else “segor” appears
your doorsדְּלָתְdelat

door

The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.

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hide yourselfחֲבִיchavi

hide

Hide oneself, take cover so as not to be found.

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for a littleמְעַטmeat

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

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momentרֶגַעrega

moment

Instant, a very brief moment.

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the indignationזָעַםzaam

indignation, fury

Indignation: fury, especially God's anger at evil.

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passesיַעֲבָרyaavar

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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The context

19Your dead will live; my corpse, they will rise. Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is a dew of lights, and the earth will cause to fall the shades.

20 · This verse (above)

21For look, YHWH is coming out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him; and the earth will uncover its shed blood, and will no longer cover its slain.

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