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And those who guideוַ מְאַשְּׁרֵיthis peopleהָעָם הַזֶּהhave beenיִּהְיוּleading it astray,מַתְעִיםand those guided by themוּמְאֻשָּׁרָיוare swallowed up.מְבֻלָּעִים
Isaiah 9:16
Study it in the app“And those who guide this people have been leading it astray, and those guided by them are swallowed up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 9:16, word by word
- And those who guideמְאַשְּׁרֵיmeashre
guide
To lead others along a road, for good or ill; to set them right.
Where else “meashre” appears- this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- have beenיִּהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- leading it astrayמַתְעִיםmatim
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “matim” appears- are swallowed upמְבֻלָּעִיםmevulaim
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “mevulaim” appears
The context
15The elder and the dignitary, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 · This verse (above)
17Therefore Adonai does not rejoice over its young men, and on its orphans and its widows he has no compassion; for every one of them is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks infamy. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.