Study it in the app“On that day Adonai will shave with a hired razor from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and it will also sweep away the beard.”
On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאAdonaiאֲדֹנָיwill shaveיְגַלַּחwith a hiredהַשְּׂכִירָהrazorבְּתַעַרfrom beyondבְּעֶבְרֵיthe River,נָהָרwith the kingבְּמֶלֶךְof Assyria,אַשּׁוּרthe headהָרֹאשׁand the hairוְשַׂעַרof the feet,הָרַגְלָיִםand it will alsoוְגַםsweep awayתִּסְפֶּהthe beard.הַזָּקָן
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsshave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “yegalach” appearshired
Hired, rented.
Where else “sechira” appearsrazor
A razor for shaving.
Where else “taar” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “evre” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearshair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “saar” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglayim” appearssweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “tispe” appearsbeard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zakan” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
19And they will come and settle, all of them, in the steep ravines and in the clefts of the crags, and on all the thornbushes and on all the watering places.
20 · This verse (above)
21And it will happen on that day that a man will keep alive a heifer of the herd and two sheep.
