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The landאָרֶץmourns,אָבַלlanguishes;אֻמְלְלָהLebanonלְבָנוֹןis abashed,הֶחְפִּירit withers;קָמַלSharonהַשָּׁרוֹןhas becomeהָיָהlike the Arabah,כָּעֲרָבָהand Bashanוְ בָּשָׁןand Carmelוְכַרְמֶלshake off their leaves.נֹעֵר
Isaiah 33:9
Study it in the app“The land mourns, languishes; Lebanon is abashed, it withers; Sharon has become like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 33:9, word by word
- The landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- mournsאָבַלaval
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “aval” appears- languishesאֻמְלְלָהumlla
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umlla” appears- Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- is abashedהֶחְפִּירhechpir
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “hechpir” appears- it withersקָמַלkamal
wither
To wither, to dry up.
Where else “kamal” appears- Sharonשָּׁרוֹןsharon
Sharon
Sharon: the coastal plain between Joppa and Carmel. The name means "plain."
Where else “sharon” appears- has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- like the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava
Arabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears- and Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- and Carmelכַרְמֶלcharmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “charmel” appears- shake off their leavesנֹעֵרnoer
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “noer” appears
Places in this verse
1Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
2Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
3Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
8The highways are desolate; the traveler on the path has ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised cities, he has no regard for mortals.
9 · This verse (above)
10“Now I will rise,” says YHWH, “now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.