Isaiah 42:11

“Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages where Kedar dwells; let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy; from the top of the mountains let them cry out.”

Isaiah 42:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:11, word by word

Let the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears
and its citiesעָרָיaray

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “aray” appears
lift up their voiceיִשְׂאוּyisu

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “yisu” appears
the villagesחֲצֵרִיםchatserim

village

A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.

Where else “chatserim” appears
where Kedarקֵדָרkedar

Kedar

Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also a tribe of the Arabian desert.

Where else “kedar” appears
dwellsתֵּשֵׁבteshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “teshev” appears
of Selaסֶלַעsela

Sela

Sela. The name of a city of Edom built among crags; it means "the Rock" (2 Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1). Amaziah took it and called it Joktheel. With the article, the same word is the common noun "the rock."

Where else “sela” appears
shout for joyיָרֹנּוּyaronu

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

Where else “yaronu” appears
from the topרֹאשׁrosh

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

Where else “rosh” appears
of the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
let them cry outיִצְוָחוּyitsvachu

cry out

To cry out, to shout loudly.

Where else “yitsvachu” appears

The context

10Sing to YHWH a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and what fills it, coastlands and their inhabitants.

11 · This verse (above)

12Let them give to YHWH glory, and his praise in the coastlands let them declare.

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