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Everyכָּלvalleyגֶּיאwill be lifted up,יִנָּשֵׂאand everyוְכָלmountainהַרand hillוְגִבְעָהwill be made low;יִשְׁפָּלוּand the crookedוְ הֶעָקֹבwill becomeהָיָהa plain,לְמִישׁוֹרand the rough placesוְהָרְכָסִיםa broad valley.לְבִקְעָה
Isaiah 40:4
Study it in the app“Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be made low; and the crooked will become a plain, and the rough places a broad valley.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:4, word by word
- valleyגֶּיאge
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appears- will be lifted upיִנָּשֵׂאyinase
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yinase” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- and hillגִבְעָהgiva
hill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears- will be made lowיִשְׁפָּלוּyishpalu
bring low, humble
To bring down, to lower someone from his place; to humble.
Where else “yishpalu” appears- and the crookedעָקֹבakov
uneven
Uneven ground, going up and down; what is crooked.
Where else “akov” appears- will becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a plainמִישׁוֹרmishor
plain
Ground without hills.
Where else “mishor” appears- and the rough placesרְכָסִיםrechasim
rough places
Rugged ground, land of ridges and ravines.
Where else “rechasim” appears- a broad valleyבִקְעָהvika
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vika” appears
The context
3A voice calls out: “In the wilderness clear the way of YHWH; make straight in the Arabah a highway for our Elohim.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the glory of YHWH will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of YHWH has spoken.”