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Its nobles,חֹרֶיהָand there is noוְאֵיןkingdomמְלוּכָהthereשָׁםthat they will proclaim,יִקְרָאוּand allוְכָלits princesשָׂרֶיהָwill beיִהְיוּnothing.אָפֶס
Isaiah 34:12
Study it in the app“Its nobles, and there is no kingdom there that they will proclaim, and all its princes will be nothing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 34:12, word by word
- Its noblesחֹרֶיchore
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chore” appears- kingdomמְלוּכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears- that they will proclaimיִקְרָאוּyikrau
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “yikrau” appears- its princesשָׂרֶיsare
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sare” appears- will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- nothingאָפֶסafes
nothing
Nothing, no one; without.
Where else “afes” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is incomplete; it can be understood “they will call its nobles to the kingdom, but there will be none there.”
The context
11And the pelican and the hedgehog will possess it, and the ibis and the raven will dwell in it; and he will stretch over it the line of formlessness and the stones of emptiness.
12 · This verse (above)
13And brambles will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be an abode of jackals, an enclosure for ostriches.