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and you said,וַתֹּאמְרוּ“No,לֹאforכִיon horsesעַל סוּסwe will flee”;נָנוּסthereforeעַל כֵּןyou will flee;תְּנוּסוּן“and on swift steedsוְעַל קַלwe will ride”;נִרְכָּבthereforeעַל כֵּןyour pursuersרֹדְפֵיכֶםwill be swift.יִקַּלּוּ
Isaiah 30:16
Study it in the app“and you said, “No, for on horses we will flee”; therefore you will flee; “and on swift steeds we will ride”; therefore your pursuers will be swift.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 30:16, word by word
- and you saidתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- on horsesסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- we will fleeנָנוּסnanus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nanus” appears- “and on swift steedsקַלkal
swift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kal” appears- we will rideנִרְכָּבnirkav
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “nirkav” appears- your pursuersרֹדְפֵיrodfe
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfe” appears- will be swiftיִקַּלּוּyikalu
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “yikalu” appears
The context
15For thus says Adonai YHWH, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your might.” But you were not willing,
16 · This verse (above)
17One thousand will flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on the top of the mountain, and like a banner on the hill.