Study it in the app“And like a dream, a vision of the night, will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Ariel, and all who wage war against her and her fortress, and those who distress her.”
And like a dream,וְ כַּחֲלוֹםa visionחֲזוֹןof the night,לַיְלָהwill beהָיָהthe multitudeהֲמוֹןof allכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthat wage warהַצֹּבְאִיםagainst Ariel,עַל אֲרִיאֵלand allוְכָלwho wage war against herצֹבֶיהָand her fortress,וּמְצֹדָתָהּand those who distress her.וְהַמְּצִיקִים לָהּ
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appearsvision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsmultitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearswage war
To make war against someone.
Where else “tsovim” appearsAriel
Ariel: the name of one of the heads sent by Ezra. The name means "lion of God"; in Isaiah 29 it is a name of Jerusalem.
Where else “ariel” appearsstronghold
Strong place; works for besieging.
Where else “metsodata” appearsdistress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “metsikim” appears6From YHWH Tsevaot she will be visited with thunder and with earthquake and a great noise, whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.
