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And the strongholdוְ מָעוֹזof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwill becomeהָיָהfor youלָכֶםa shame,לְבֹשֶׁתand the shelterוְהֶחָסוּתin the shadowבְּצֵלof Egyptמִצְרַיִםa humiliation.לִכְלִמָּה
Isaiah 30:3
Study it in the app“And the stronghold of Pharaoh will become for you a shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt a humiliation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 30:3, word by word
- And the strongholdמָעוֹזmaoz
bulwark
YHWH, the safe place of his people.
Where else “maoz” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- will becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a shameבֹשֶׁתvoshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “voshet” appears- and the shelterחָסוּתchasut
shelter
A shelter, a place of refuge.
Where else “chasut” appears- in the shadowצֵלtsel
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsel” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- a humiliationכְלִמָּהchelima
disgrace, shame
Shame, dishonor suffered before others.
Where else “chelima” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
2who set out to go down to Egypt, and have not asked my mouth, to take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.
3 · This verse (above)
4For his princes were in Zoan, and his messengers reach Hanes.