Isaiah 34:1

“Draw near, nations, to hear, and peoples, pay attention! Let the earth hear, and what fills it, the world and all that comes forth from it.”

Isaiah 34:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 34:1, word by word

Draw nearקִרְבוּkirvu

come near

To come near to someone or something.

Where else “kirvu” appears
nationsגוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
to hearשְׁמֹעַshemoa

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shemoa” appears
and peoplesלְאֻמִּיםleumim

people, nation

People, nation.

Where else “leumim” appears
pay attentionהַקְשִׁיבוּhakshivu

pay attention, listen

To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.

Where else “hakshivu” appears
Let the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
and what fills itמְלֹאָmeloa

fullness

Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.

Where else “meloa” appears
the worldתֵּבֵלtevel

world

The world: the inhabited earth.

Where else “tevel” appears
that comes forth from itצֶאֱצָאֶיtseetsae

produce

What grows from the earth.

Where else “tseetsae” appears

The context

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2For YHWH has wrath against all the nations, and fury against all their army; he has devoted them to destruction, he has given them over to slaughter.

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