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Your heartלִבְּךָwill meditate onיֶהְגֶּהthe terror:אֵימָה“Where isאַיֵּהthe one who counted?סֹפֵרWhere isאַיֵּהthe one who weighed?שֹׁקֵלWhere isאַיֵּהthe one who countedסֹפֵרthe towers?”אֶת הַמִּגְדָּלִים
Isaiah 33:18
Study it in the app“Your heart will meditate on the terror: “Where is the one who counted? Where is the one who weighed? Where is the one who counted the towers?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 33:18, word by word
- Your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- will meditate onיֶהְגֶּהyehge
meditate
To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.
Where else “yehge” appears- the terrorאֵימָהema
terror
A great fear.
Where else “ema” appears- the one who countedסֹפֵרsofer
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “sofer” appears- the one who weighedשֹׁקֵלshokel
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “shokel” appears- the towersמִּגְדָּלִיםmigdalim
tower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdalim” appears
Translation note
Paul uses a similar question in 1 Corinthians 1:20.
The context
17A king in his beauty your eyes will gaze on; they will see a land of far distances.
18 · This verse (above)
19The insolent people you will not see, a people of speech too deep to understand, of a stammering tongue without understanding.