Let the wildernessמִדְבָּרand its citiesוְעָרָיוlift up their voice,יִשְׂאוּthe villagesחֲצֵרִיםwhere Kedarקֵדָרdwells;תֵּשֵׁבlet the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Selaסֶלַעshout for joy;יָרֹנּוּfrom the topמֵרֹאשׁof the mountainsהָרִיםlet them cry out.יִצְוָחוּ
Isaiah 42:11
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.