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Your childrenבָּנָיִךְhurry;מִהֲרוּthose who tear you downמְהָרְסַיִךְand those who lay you wasteוּמַחֲרִבַיִךְwill go outיֵצֵאוּfrom you.מִמֵּךְ
Isaiah 49:17
Study it in the app“Your children hurry; those who tear you down and those who lay you waste will go out from you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:17, word by word
- Your childrenבָּנָיִbanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banayi” appears- hurryמִהֲרוּmiharu
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “miharu” appears- those who tear you downמְהָרְסַיִmeharsayi
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “meharsayi” appears- and those who lay you wasteמַחֲרִבַיִmacharivayi
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “macharivayi” appears- will go outיֵצֵאוּyetseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetseu” appears
Translation note
With other vowels, “your children” reads “your builders.”
The context
16Look, on the palms of my hands I have engraved you; your walls are before me continually.
17 · This verse (above)
18Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of them gather, they come to you. As I live, declares YHWH, surely you will clothe yourself with all of them as with an ornament, and bind them on like a bride.