Study it in the app“For Topheth has been prepared from long ago; it too for the king is made ready; he has made deep and wide its pyre, fire and wood in abundance; the breath of YHWH, like a torrent of sulfur, kindles it.”
ForכִּיTophethתָּפְתֶּהhas been preparedעָרוּךְfrom long ago;מֵאֶתְמוּלit tooגַּם הִיאfor the kingלַמֶּלֶךְis made ready;הוּכָןhe has made deepהֶעְמִיקand wideהִרְחִבits pyre,מְדֻרָתָהּfireאֵשׁand woodוְעֵצִיםin abundance;הַרְבֵּהthe breathנִשְׁמַתof YHWH,יְהוָהlike a torrentכְּנַחַלof sulfur,גָּפְרִיתkindlesבֹּעֲרָהit.בָּהּ
Topheth
Topheth: a place near Jerusalem where victims were burned (Isaiah 30:33).
Where else “tafte” appearsarrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “aruch” appearsyesterday, before
Yesterday; together with "the day before" it forms the expression "before", "in the past".
Where else “etmul” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsprepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “huchan” appearsbe deep
To be deep; figuratively, to be hard to fathom or understand. In the causative, to make deep.
Where else “hemik” appearsmake room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “hirchiv” appearspile (of wood)
A pile of wood for a fire.
Where else “medurata” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appearsbreath of God
God's breath, which gives life or destroys.
Where else “nishmat” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearssulfur
Sulfur: a mineral that burns with a flame and a strong smell.
Where else “gafrit” appearsburn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boara” appearsTopheth was a place in the valley of Ben-hinnom, next to Jerusalem, where children were burned in sacrifice (2 Kings 23:10).
32And every passing of the appointed staff that YHWH lays upon him will be with tambourines and with lyres; and in battles of brandishing he will fight against them.
33 · This verse (above)
