Your ropesחֲבָלָיִךְhang loose;נִטְּשׁוּthey cannotבַּלholdיְחַזְּקוּfirmכֵןthe base of their mast,תָּרְנָםthey cannotבַּלspread outפָּרְשׂוּthe sail.נֵסThenאָזprey,עַדabundantמַרְבֶּהspoil,שָׁלָלwill be divided;חֻלַּקthe lameפִּסְחִיםwill plunderבָּזְזוּthe plunder.בַז
Isaiah 33:23
Study it in the app“Your ropes hang loose; they cannot hold firm the base of their mast, they cannot spread out the sail. Then prey, abundant spoil, will be divided; the lame will plunder the plunder.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 33:23, word by word
- Your ropesחֲבָלָיִchavalayi
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalayi” appears- hang looseנִטְּשׁוּnitshu
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “nitshu” appears- they cannotבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- holdיְחַזְּקוּyechazku
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yechazku” appears- firmכֵןchen
stand
What holds something up from below: foot, base or pedestal.
Where else “chen” appears- the base of their mastתָּרְנָtarna
mast, pole
A mast, a tall pole such as a flagstaff.
Where else “tarna” appears- spread outפָּרְשׂוּparsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “parsu” appears- the sailנֵסnes
sail
The cloth spread on a ship's mast to catch the wind.
Where else “nes” appears- preyעַדad
prey, plunder
Prey, plunder.
Where else “ad” appears- abundantמַרְבֶּהmarbe
abundance
A great quantity of something: abundant plunder.
Where else “marbe” appears- spoilשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- will be dividedחֻלַּקchulak
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chulak” appears- the lameפִּסְחִיםpischim
lame
Lame.
Where else “pischim” appears- will plunderבָּזְזוּbazzu
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bazzu” appears- the plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears
The context
22For YHWH is our judge, YHWH is our lawgiver, YHWH is our King; he will save us.
23 · This verse (above)
24And no resident will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell in it will have their iniquity taken away.