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And I will encampוְחָנִיתִיin a circleכַדּוּרagainst you,עָלָיִךְand I will besiege youוְצַרְתִּי עָלַיִךְwith a guard post,מֻצָּבand I will raiseוַהֲקִימֹתִיagainst youעָלַיִךְsiege works.מְצֻרֹת
Isaiah 29:3
Study it in the app“And I will encamp in a circle against you, and I will besiege you with a guard post, and I will raise against you siege works.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:3, word by word
- And I will encampחָנִיתִיchaniti
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chaniti” appears- in a circleדּוּרdur
circle
Surrounding on every side.
Where else “dur” appears- and I will besiege youצַרְתִּיtsarti
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarti” appears- with a guard postמֻצָּבmutsav
post, outpost
A post, a place where soldiers are stationed.
Where else “mutsav” appears- and I will raiseהֲקִימֹתִיhakimoti
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- siege worksמְצֻרֹתmetsurot
siegework
What is built to attack a city's walls, such as siegeworks.
Where else “metsurot” appears
The context
2And I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and moaning, and she will be to me like an Ariel.
3 · This verse (above)
4And you will be brought low; from the earth you will speak, and from the dust your saying will come low; and your voice will be like a spirit of the dead from the earth, and from the dust your saying will whisper.