Author Archives: Nevi’im

וַיְגַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מָסַ֣ךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתַּבֵּט֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֔וּא אֶל־נֶ֖שֶׁק בֵּ֥ית הַיָּֽעַר׃ And he uncovered the covering of Yehuda, and you looked on that day to the weaponry of the House of the Forest.   Morphology וַיְגַ֕ל (vayegal) – Root: גלה; Form: … Continue reading →

וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃ And it happened, your choicest valleys were filled with chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gate.   Morphology וַיְהִ֥י (vayehi) – Root: היה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person … Continue reading →

וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃ And ʿElam lifted up the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Qir uncovered the shield.   Morphology וְעֵילָם (ve-ʿElam) – Root: עֵילָם; Form: Conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular; … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י יֹום֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּמְבוּסָ֜ה וּמְבוּכָ֗ה לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָאֹ֖ות בְּגֵ֣יא חִזָּיֹ֑ון מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר וְשֹׁ֥ועַ אֶל־הָהָֽר׃ For it is a day of confusion, and of trampling, and of perplexity to the Lord YHWH of Hosts, in the Valley of Vision, a battering … Continue reading →

עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֛רְתִּי שְׁע֥וּ מִנִּ֖י אֲמָרֵ֣ר בַּבֶּ֑כִי אַל־תָּאִ֣יצוּ לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי עַל־שֹׁ֖ד בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ Therefore I said, “Turn from me, let me weep bitterly; do not hasten to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”   Morphology עַל־כֵּ֥ן (ʿal-ken) – … Continue reading →

כָּל־קְצִינַ֥יִךְ נָֽדְדוּ־יַ֖חַד מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת אֻסָּ֑רוּ כָּל־נִמְצָאַ֨יִךְ֙ אֻסְּר֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו מֵרָחֹ֖וק בָּרָֽחוּ׃ All your commanders have fled together, they were bound by the bow; all who were found in you were bound together, they fled far away.   Morphology כָּל־קְצִינַ֥יִךְ (kol-qetsinayikh) – Root: … Continue reading →

תְּשֻׁאֹ֣ות מְלֵאָ֗ה עִ֚יר הֹֽומִיָּ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָ֑ה חֲלָלַ֨יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃ A tumultuous city, full of uproar, a joyous town; your slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.   Morphology תְּשֻׁאֹ֣ות (teshuʾot) – Root: שׁוא … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א גֵּ֣יא חִזָּיֹ֑ון מַה־לָּ֣ךְ אֵפֹ֔וא כִּֽי־עָלִ֥ית כֻּלָּ֖ךְ לַגַּגֹּֽות׃ A burden of the Valley of Vision: What is to you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?   Morphology מַשָּׂ֖א (massa) – Root: נשא (nasa); Form: Noun masculine … Continue reading →

וּשְׁאָ֧ר מִסְפַּר־קֶ֛שֶׁת גִּבֹּורֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־קֵדָ֖ר יִמְעָ֑טוּ כִּ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דִּבֵּֽר׃ ס And the remainder of the number of the bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Qedar, shall be few; for YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel, has spoken.   Morphology … Continue reading →

כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּעֹ֤וד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּבֹ֥וד קֵדָֽר׃ For thus said my Lord to me, “In yet a year, as the years of a hired laborer, all the glory of Qedar shall come to an end.   … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָבֹ֖ות נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ ס For because of swords they fled; because of a drawn sword, and because of a bent bow, and because of the heaviness of war.   Morphology כִּֽי־ … Continue reading →

לִקְרַ֥את צָמֵ֖א הֵתָ֣יוּ מָ֑יִם יֹשְׁבֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ תֵּימָ֔א בְּלַחְמֹ֖ו קִדְּמ֥וּ נֹדֵֽד׃ To meet the thirsty, bring water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema; with his bread they met the fugitive.   Morphology לִקְרַ֥את (liqrat) – Root: קרא (qaraʾ); Form: Preposition … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א בַּעְרָ֑ב בַּיַּ֤עַר בַּעְרַב֙ תָּלִ֔ינוּ אֹֽרְחֹ֖ות דְּדָנִֽים׃ A burden concerning ʿArav: In the thicket in ʿArav you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanim.   Morphology מַשָּׂ֖א (massa) – Root: נשא (nasa); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “burden”; Notes: Prophetic oracle … Continue reading →

אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם־לָ֑יְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃ ס The watchman said: “Morning has come, and also night. If you will inquire, inquire; return, come.”   Morphology אָמַ֣ר (ʾamar) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א דּוּמָ֑ה אֵלַי֙ קֹרֵ֣א מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר שֹׁמֵר֙ מַה־מִלַּ֔יְלָה שֹׁמֵ֖ר מַה־מִלֵּֽיל׃ A burden of Duma. Unto me one calls from Seʿir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”   Morphology מַשָּׂ֖א (massa) – Root: נשא (nasa); Form: Noun masculine … Continue reading →

מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י וּבֶן־גָּרְנִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה צְבָאֹ֛ות אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִגַּ֥דְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃ ס My threshed one and son of my threshing floor, what I have heard from YHWH of Hosts, the God of Yisraʾel, I have declared to you.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וְהִנֵּה־זֶ֥ה בָא֙ רֶ֣כֶב אִ֔ישׁ צֶ֖מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָפְלָ֤ה נָֽפְלָה֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ שִׁבַּ֥ר לָאָֽרֶץ׃ And behold, this one comes, a chariot with a man, a pair of horsemen.” And he answered and said, “Fallen, fallen is Bavel! And all … Continue reading →

וַיִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־מִצְפֶּ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יֹומָ֔ם וְעַל־מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כָּל־הַלֵּילֹֽות׃ And the lion called, “Upon the watchtower, my Lord, I am standing continually by day, and upon my guard I am stationed all the nights.   Morphology וַיִּקְרָ֖א … Continue reading →

וְרָ֣אָה רֶ֗כֶב צֶ֚מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים רֶ֥כֶב חֲמֹ֖ור רֶ֣כֶב גָּמָ֑ל וְהִקְשִׁ֥יב קֶ֖שֶׁב רַב־קָֽשֶׁב׃ And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, a chariot of donkey, a chariot of camel; and he listened attentively with great attentiveness.   Morphology וְרָ֣אָה (ve-raʾah) … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד׃ For thus said to me my Lord: ‘Go, set the watchman; what he sees, he will report.’   Morphology כִּ֣י (ki) – Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; … Continue reading →

עָרֹ֧ךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ן צָפֹ֥ה הַצָּפִ֖ית אָכֹ֣ול שָׁתֹ֑ה ק֥וּמוּ הַשָּׂרִ֖ים מִשְׁח֥וּ מָגֵֽן׃ פ The table is set, the watch is watching, eat, drink. ‘Arise, O princes, anoint the shield.’   Morphology עָרֹ֧ךְ (ʿarokh) – Root: ערך (ʿarakh); Form: Qal infinitive absolute; Translation: … Continue reading →

תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לִ֖י לַחֲרָדָֽה׃ My heart has wandered, terror has startled me; the twilight of my delight he has set for me as trembling.   Morphology תָּעָ֣ה (taʿah) – Root: תעה (taʿah); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

עַל־כֵּ֗ן מָלְא֤וּ מָתְנַי֙ חַלְחָלָ֔ה צִירִ֣ים אֲחָז֔וּנִי כְּצִירֵ֖י יֹֽולֵדָ֑ה נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי מֵרְאֹֽות׃ Therefore my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of one giving birth. I writhed from hearing, I was dismayed from seeing.   … Continue reading →

חָז֥וּת קָשָׁ֖ה הֻגַּד־לִ֑י הַבֹּוגֵ֤ד בֹּוגֵד֙ וְהַשֹּׁודֵ֣ד שֹׁודֵ֔ד עֲלִ֤י עֵילָם֙ צוּרִ֣י מָדַ֔י כָּל־אַנְחָתָ֖ה הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃ A hard vision has been told to me: ‘the betrayer betrays and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Madai! All her groaning I have made to … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר־יָ֑ם כְּסוּפֹ֤ות בַּנֶּ֨גֶב֙ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א מֵאֶ֖רֶץ נֹורָאָֽה׃ A burden of the wilderness of the sea: as stormwinds in the Negev sweeping through, from the wilderness it comes, from a fearsome land.   Morphology מַשָּׂ֖א (massaʾ) – Root: נשא … Continue reading →

וְ֠אָמַר יֹשֵׁ֨ב הָאִ֣י הַזֶּה֮ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַהוּא֒ הִנֵּה־כֹ֣ה מַבָּטֵ֗נוּ אֲשֶׁר־נַ֤סְנוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה לְהִ֨נָּצֵ֔ל מִפְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וְאֵ֖יךְ נִמָּלֵ֥ט אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃ ס And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say on that day, “Behold, such is our expectation, to which we fled for … Continue reading →

וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃ And they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Kush their expectation and of Mitsrayim their glory.   Morphology וְחַתּוּ (ve-ḥattu) – Root: חתת; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person plural with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and … Continue reading →

כֵּ֣ן יִנְהַ֣ג מֶֽלֶךְ־֠אַשּׁוּר אֶת־שְׁבִ֨י מִצְרַ֜יִם וְאֶת־גָּל֥וּת כּ֛וּשׁ נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָרֹ֣ום וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י שֵׁ֖ת עֶרְוַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃ So shall the king of Ashshur lead away the captives of Mitsrayim and the exiles of Kush, young men and old, naked and barefoot, and … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֛ךְ עַבְדִּ֥י יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ עָרֹ֣ום וְיָחֵ֑ף שָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ אֹ֣ות וּמֹופֵ֔ת עַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַל־כּֽוּשׁ׃ And YHWH said, “Just as My servant Yeshayahu has walked naked and barefoot three years as a sign and a wonder against Mitsrayim and against Kush, … Continue reading →

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָה֮ בְּיַ֣ד יְשַׁעְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־אָמֹוץ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ לֵ֗ךְ וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ הַשַּׂק֙ מֵעַ֣ל מָתְנֶ֔יךָ וְנַעַלְךָ֥ תַחֲלֹ֖ץ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑יךָ וַיַּ֣עַשׂ כֵּ֔ן הָלֹ֖ךְ עָרֹ֥ום וְיָחֵֽף׃ ס at that time YHWH spoke by the hand of Yeshayahu son of Amots, saying, “Go and loosen … Continue reading →