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Thereforeלָכֵןmy peopleעַמִּיgo into exileגָּלָהfor lackמִבְּלִיof knowledge;דָעַתand its gloryוּכְבוֹדוֹare menמְתֵיof hunger,רָעָבand its multitudeוַהֲמוֹנוֹparchedצִחֵהwith thirst.צָמָא
Isaiah 5:13
Study it in the app“Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; and its glory are men of hunger, and its multitude parched with thirst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 5:13, word by word
- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- go into exileגָּלָהgala
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “gala” appears- for lackבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- of knowledgeדָעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- and its gloryכְבוֹדchevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevod” appears- are menמְתֵיmete
men
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “mete” appears- of hungerרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and its multitudeהֲמוֹנhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- parchedצִחֵהtsiche
parched
Parched, dried out.
Where else “tsiche” appears- with thirstצָמָאtsama
thirst
Thirst.
Where else “tsama” appears
The context
12And there are lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts; but the deeds of YHWH they do not regard, and the work of his hands they do not see.
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore Sheol has widened its throat and opened its mouth without limit; and down go her majesty and her multitude and her uproar and whoever exults in her.