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I will lay wasteאַחֲרִיבmountainsהָרִיםand hills,וּגְבָעוֹתand allוְכָלtheir vegetationעֶשְׂבָּםI will dry up;אוֹבִישׁand I will turnוְשַׂמְתִּיriversנְהָרוֹתinto coastlands,לָאִיִּיםand the poolsוַאֲגַמִּיםI will dry up.אוֹבִישׁ
Isaiah 42:15
Study it in the app“I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their vegetation I will dry up; and I will turn rivers into coastlands, and the pools I will dry up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:15, word by word
- I will lay wasteאַחֲרִיבachariv
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “achariv” appears- mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- and hillsגְבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- their vegetationעֶשְׂבָּesba
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esba” appears- I will dry upאוֹבִישׁovish
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “ovish” appears- and I will turnשַׂמְתִּיsamti
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appears- riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- into coastlandsאִיִּיםiyim
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “iyim” appears- and the poolsאֲגַמִּיםagamim
pool
A pool of still water that forms in low ground.
Where else “agamim” appears
The context
14“I have kept silent for ages past; I have been still, I have restrained myself; like a woman giving birth I will groan; I will pant and gasp at once.
15 · This verse (above)
16And I will lead the blind by a way that they have not known; in paths that they have not known I will make them tread; I will make the dark places before them into light, and the crooked places into a plain. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.