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The houseבֵּיתof our holinessקָדְשֵׁנוּand of our beauty,וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּwhereאֲשֶׁרour fathersאֲבֹתֵינוּpraised you,הִלְלוּךָhas beenהָיָהburnedלִשְׂרֵפַתby fire,אֵשׁand allוְכָלour desirable thingsמַחֲמַדֵּינוּhave becomeהָיָהa ruin.לְחָרְבָּה
Isaiah 64:11
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With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 64:11, word by word
- The houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of our holinessקָדְשֵׁkadshe
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kadshe” appears- and of our beautyתִפְאַרְתֵּtifarte
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifarte” appears- our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- praised youהִלְלוּhillu
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “hillu” appears- has beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- burnedשְׂרֵפַתserefat
burning
Burning, fire.
Where else “serefat” appears- by fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- our desirable thingsמַחֲמַדֵּיmachamade
desirable thing, delight
What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.
Where else “machamade” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears
The context
10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 · This verse (above)
12At these things will you restrain yourself, YHWH? Will you keep silent and afflict us to the extreme?