Study it in the app“Egypt rises like the Nile, and like the rivers the waters surge; and it said, “I will rise, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it.””
Egyptמִצְרַיִםrisesיַעֲלֶהlike the Nile,כַּיְאֹרand like the riversוְכַנְּהָרוֹתthe watersמָיִםsurge;יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּand it said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will rise,אַעֲלֶהI will coverאֲכַסֶּהthe earth;אֶרֶץI will destroyאֹבִידָהthe cityעִירand those who dwellוְיֹשְׁבֵיin it.”בָהּ
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearsNile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsshake, be shaken
To shake violently, to be stirred up. Said of the earth, of waters or of someone who staggers.
Where else “yitgoashu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “achase” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “ovida” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
7Who is this that rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge?
8 · This verse (above)
9Go up, horses! Rage, chariots! And let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
