Your childrenבָּנַיִךְhave fainted;עֻלְּפוּthey lieשָׁכְבוּat the cornerבְּרֹאשׁof everyכָּלstreet,חוּצוֹתlike an antelopeכְּתוֹאin a net,מִכְמָרfullהַמְלֵאִיםof the furyחֲמַתof YHWH,יְהוָהof the rebukeגַּעֲרַתof your Elohim.אֱלֹהָיִךְ
Isaiah 51:20
Study it in the app“Your children have fainted; they lie at the corner of every street, like an antelope in a net, full of the fury of YHWH, of the rebuke of your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:20, word by word
- Your childrenבָּנַיִbanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banayi” appears- have faintedעֻלְּפוּulfu
faint
To be left without strength through hunger, thirst or punishment.
Where else “ulfu” appears- they lieשָׁכְבוּshachvu
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shachvu” appears- at the cornerרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- streetחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- like an antelopeתוֹאto
antelope
A mountain animal, perhaps an antelope. Identification uncertain.
Where else “to” appears- in a netמִכְמָרmichmar
net
A hunter's net, hidden to catch prey.
Where else “michmar” appears- fullמְלֵאִיםmeleim
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “meleim” appears- of the furyחֲמַתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- of the rebukeגַּעֲרַתgaarat
rebuke
A rebuke: a strong word that scolds or stops someone. Of God, the command before which the sea or the enemies draw back.
Where else “gaarat” appears- of your Elohimאֱלֹהָיִelohayi
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohayi” appears
The context
19These two things have befallen you —who will grieve for you?— the devastation and the breaking, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?
20 · This verse (above)
21Therefore hear now this, afflicted one and drunk, but not with wine: