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And Lebanonוּלְבָנוֹןis notאֵיןenoughדֵּיto burn,בָּעֵרand its animalsוְחַיָּתוֹare notאֵיןenoughדֵּיfor a burnt offering.עוֹלָה
Isaiah 40:16
Study it in the app“And Lebanon is not enough to burn, and its animals are not enough for a burnt offering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:16, word by word
- And Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- enoughדֵּיde
enough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “de” appears- to burnבָּעֵרbaer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “baer” appears- and its animalsחַיָּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- for a burnt offeringעוֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
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).
The context
15Look, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and like dust on the balance they are regarded; look, the coastlands he lifts up like fine powder.
16 · This verse (above)
17All the nations are as nothing before him; as less than nothing and emptiness they are regarded by him.