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And I will makeוְנָתַתִּיboysנְעָרִיםtheir princes,שָׂרֵיהֶםand whimsוְתַעֲלוּלִיםwill ruleיִמְשְׁלוּover them.בָם
Isaiah 3:4
Study it in the app“And I will make boys their princes, and whims will rule over them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 3:4, word by word
- And I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natati” appears- boysנְעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears- their princesשָׂרֵיsare
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sare” appears- and whimsתַעֲלוּלִיםtaalulim
whim
Doing whatever one fancies, without judgment.
Where else “taalulim” appears- will ruleיִמְשְׁלוּyimshlu
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “yimshlu” appears
The context
3commander of fifty and dignitary, and counselor and the wise in crafts, and the skilled in enchantment.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the people will be oppressed, man by man, and man by his neighbor; the youth will be insolent toward the elder, and the despised toward the honored.