I will putאֶתֵּןin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthe cedar,אֶרֶזthe acacia,שִׁטָּהand the myrtle,וַהֲדַסand the oil tree;וְעֵץ שָׁמֶןI will setאָשִׂיםin the Arabahבָּעֲרָבָהthe cypress,בְּרוֹשׁthe elm,תִּדְהָרand the box treeוּתְאַשּׁוּרtogether,יַחְדָּו
Isaiah 41:19
Study it in the app“I 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:19, word by word
- I will putאֶתֵּןeten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “eten” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- the cedarאֶרֶזerez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appears- the acaciaשִׁטָּהshita
acacia
Acacia: a desert tree with hard, lasting wood.
Where else “shita” appears- and the myrtleהֲדַסhadas
myrtle
Myrtle: a shrub with small, evergreen, fragrant leaves.
Where else “hadas” appears- and the oil treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and the oil treeשָׁמֶןshamen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears- I will setאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- in the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava
Arabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears- the cypressבְּרוֹשׁberosh
cypress
Cypress (or a similar tree with good wood); also what is made from that wood: spears or musical instruments.
Where else “berosh” appears- the elmתִּדְהָרtidhar
elm? (a tree, uncertain)
A kind of tree; the identification is uncertain (elm, plane tree or another hardwood).
Where else “tidhar” appears- and the box treeתְאַשּׁוּרteashur
box tree? (uncertain)
A kind of tree; the identification is uncertain (box tree or cypress).
Where else “teashur” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears
Translation note
“Elm” and “box tree” translate two trees that are named only here and in 60:13; it is not known with certainty which they are.
The context
18I 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20so that they may see and know, and consider and understand together, that the hand of YHWH has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.