I will openאֶפְתַּחonעַלthe bare heightsשְׁפָיִיםrivers,נְהָרוֹתand in the midstוּבְתוֹךְof the broad valleysבְּקָעוֹתsprings;מַעְיָנוֹתI will makeאָשִׂיםthe wildernessמִדְבָּרinto a poolלַאֲגַםof water,מַיִםand dryצִיָּהlandוְאֶרֶץinto outletsלְמוֹצָאֵיof water.מָיִם
Isaiah 41:18
Study it in the app“I will open on the bare heights rivers, and in the midst of the broad valleys springs; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and dry land into outlets of water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:18, word by word
- I will openאֶפְתַּחeftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “eftach” appears- the bare heightsשְׁפָיִיםshefayim
bare height
Bare hill, a height without trees.
Where else “shefayim” appears- riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- and in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the broad valleysבְּקָעוֹתbekaot
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “bekaot” appears- springsמַעְיָנוֹתmayanot
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayanot” appears- I will makeאָשִׂיםasim
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appears- the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- into a poolאֲגַםagam
pool
A pool of still water that forms in low ground.
Where else “agam” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and dryצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- into outletsמוֹצָאֵיmotsae
source
The place something comes from, like water welling up.
Where else “motsae” appears
The context
17The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue with thirst is parched; I, YHWH, will answer them; I, the Elohim of Israel, will not abandon them.
18 · This verse (above)
19I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the Arabah the cypress, the elm, and the box tree together,