Author Archives: Nevi’im

כִּ֣י שַׁדְמֹות֩ חֶשְׁבֹּ֨ון אֻמְלָ֜ל גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י גֹויִם֙ הָלְמ֣וּ שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ עַד־יַעְזֵ֥ר נָגָ֖עוּ תָּ֣עוּ מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חֹותֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃ For the fields of Ḥeshbon have languished, the vine of Sivma; the lords of the nations have struck down its choice branches, … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן יְיֵלִ֥יל מֹואָ֛ב לְמֹואָ֖ב כֻּלֹּ֣ה יְיֵלִ֑יל לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת תֶּהְגּ֖וּ אַךְ־נְכָאִֽים׃ Therefore Moʾav shall wail for Moʾav, all of it shall wail; for the raisin-cakes of Qir-ḥareset you shall moan, utterly stricken.   Morphology לָכֵן (lakhen) – Root: כן; Form: Conjunction/adverb; … Continue reading →

שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאֹון־מֹואָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָתֹ֧ו וּגְאֹונֹ֛ו וְעֶבְרָתֹ֖ו לֹא־כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽיו׃ ס We have heard of the pride of Moʾav—he is very proud—his arrogance, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are not so.   Morphology שָׁמַעְנוּ (shamaʿnu) – Root: שׁמע … Continue reading →

וְהוּכַ֤ן בַּחֶ֨סֶד֙ כִּסֵּ֔א וְיָשַׁ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּאֹ֣הֶל דָּוִ֑ד שֹׁפֵ֛ט וְדֹרֵ֥שׁ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּמְהִ֥ר צֶֽדֶק׃ And a throne shall be established in ḥesed, and there shall sit upon it in truth in the tent of Dawid one judging and seeking justice and … Continue reading →

יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מֹואָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מֹו מִפְּנֵ֣י שֹׁודֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Let My outcasts of Moʾav sojourn with you; be a shelter for them from the face of the destroyer. For the oppressor is no more, … Continue reading →

הביאו עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּתֹ֣וךְ צָהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃ Bring counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow like the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, do not reveal the fugitive.   Morphology הָבִיאוּ (haviʾu) … Continue reading →

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעֹוף־נֹודֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֨ינָה֙ בְּנֹ֣ות מֹואָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֹֽון׃ And it shall be like a wandering bird, a nest cast out, so shall the daughters of Moʾav be at the fords of Arnon.   Morphology וְהָיָה (ve-hayah) – Root: היה … Continue reading →

שִׁלְחוּ־כַ֥ר מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־הַ֖ר בַּת־צִיֹּֽון׃ Send a lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the wilderness to the mount of the daughter of Tsiyyon.   Morphology שִׁלְחוּ (shilḥu) – Root: שלח (shalach); Form: Qal imperative masculine … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י מֵ֤י דִימֹון֙ מָ֣לְאוּ דָ֔ם כִּֽי־אָשִׁ֥ית עַל־דִּימֹ֖ון נֹוסָפֹ֑ות לִפְלֵיטַ֤ת מֹואָב֙ אַרְיֵ֔ה וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית אֲדָמָֽה׃ For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring upon Dimon more—upon the remnant of Moʾav, a lion, and upon the survivors of … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הִקִּ֥יפָה הַזְּעָקָ֖ה אֶת־גְּב֣וּל מֹואָ֑ב עַד־אֶגְלַ֨יִם֙ יִלְלָתָ֔הּ וּבְאֵ֥ר אֵילִ֖ים יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃ For the cry has gone around the border of Moʾav; to Eglayim is her wailing, and to Beʾer Elim is her wailing.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; … Continue reading →

עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִתְרָ֣ה עָשָׂ֑ה וּפְקֻדָּתָ֔ם עַ֛ל נַ֥חַל הָעֲרָבִ֖ים יִשָּׂאֽוּם׃ Therefore the abundance they have made and their store shall be carried to the Brook of the ʿAravim.   Morphology עַל־כֵּן (ʿal-ken) – Root: Idiom; Form: Preposition + demonstrative; Translation: “Therefore”; Notes: … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמֹּ֣ות יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃ For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolations; for the grass has withered, the vegetation is finished, there is no green thing.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי; … Continue reading →

לִבִּי֙ לְמֹואָ֣ב יִזְעָ֔ק בְּרִיחֶ֕הָ עַד־צֹ֖עַר עֶגְלַ֣ת שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֣י מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֗ית בִּבְכִי֙ יַֽעֲלֶה־בֹּ֔ו כִּ֚י דֶּ֣רֶךְ חֹורֹנַ֔יִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃ My heart cries out for Moʾav; her fugitives up to Tsoʿar are like a three-year-old heifer; for the ascent of Luhit, with weeping … Continue reading →

וַתִּזְעַ֤ק חֶשְׁבֹּון֙ וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔ה עַד־יַ֖הַץ נִשְׁמַ֣ע קֹולָ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מֹואָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשֹׁ֖ו יָ֥רְעָה לֹּֽו׃ And Ḥeshbon has cried out, and Elʿale; as far as Yahaṣ their voice is heard. Therefore the armed men of Moʾav shall shout; his soul trembles for … Continue reading →

בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגֹּותֶ֧יהָ וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ כֻּלֹּ֥ה יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּבֶּֽכִי׃ In its streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails, going down in weeping.   Morphology בְּחוּצֹתָיו (be-ḥutsotav) – Root: חוץ (ḥuts); … Continue reading →

עָלָ֨ה הַבַּ֧יִת וְדִיבֹ֛ן הַבָּמֹ֖ות לְבֶ֑כִי עַל־נְבֹ֞ו וְעַ֤ל מֵֽידְבָא֙ מֹואָ֣ב יְיֵלִ֔יל בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁ֣יו קָרְחָ֔ה כָּל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרוּעָֽה׃ He has gone up to the house and Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nevo and over Medeva Moʾav shall wail; on all its … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א מֹואָ֑ב כִּ֠י בְּלֵ֞יל שֻׁדַּ֨ד עָ֤ר מֹואָב֙ נִדְמָ֔ה כִּ֗י בְּלֵ֛יל שֻׁדַּ֥ד קִיר־מֹואָ֖ב נִדְמָֽה׃ The burden of Moʾav: For in the night ʿAr of Moʾav is devastated, it is destroyed; for in the night Qir of Moʾav is devastated, it is … Continue reading →

וּמַֽה־יַּעֲנֶ֖ה מַלְאֲכֵי־גֹ֑וי כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ יִסַּ֣ד צִיֹּ֔ון וּבָ֥הּ יֶחֱס֖וּ עֲנִיֵּ֥י עַמֹּֽו׃ ס And what shall one answer the messengers of a nation? That YHWH has founded Tsiyyon, and in her the afflicted of His people shall find refuge.   Morphology וּמַה … Continue reading →

הֵילִ֤ילִֽי שַׁ֨עַר֙ זַֽעֲקִי־עִ֔יר נָמֹ֖וג פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת כֻּלֵּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י מִצָּפֹון֙ עָשָׁ֣ן בָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין בֹּודֵ֖ד בְּמֹועָדָֽיו׃ Howl, O gate; cry out, O city; melt away, O Peleshet, all of you! For from the north smoke comes, and there is none straying in his … Continue reading →

וְרָעוּ֙ בְּכֹורֵ֣י דַלִּ֔ים וְאֶבְיֹונִ֖ים לָבֶ֣טַח יִרְבָּ֑צוּ וְהֵמַתִּ֤י בָֽרָעָב֙ שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ יַהֲרֹֽג׃ And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant shall he … Continue reading →

אַל־תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י פְלֶ֨שֶׁת֙ כֻּלֵּ֔ךְ כִּ֥י נִשְׁבַּ֖ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַכֵּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ נָחָשׁ֙ יֵ֣צֵא צֶ֔פַע וּפִרְיֹ֖ו שָׂרָ֥ף מְעֹופֵֽף׃ Do not rejoice, O Peleshet, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for from the root of a serpent shall come forth … Continue reading →

בִּשְׁנַת־מֹ֖ות הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֑ז הָיָ֖ה הַמַּשָּׂ֥א הַזֶּֽה׃ In the year of the death of King Aḥaz, this burden came to be.   Morphology בִּשְׁנַת (bishnat) – Root: שׁנה (shanah); Form: Preposition + construct noun feminine singular; Translation: “In the year of”; … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָאֹ֛ות יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר וְיָדֹ֥ו הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃ פ For YHWH of Hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי; … Continue reading →

זֹ֛את הָעֵצָ֥ה הַיְּעוּצָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְזֹ֛את הַיָּ֥ד הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגֹּויִֽם׃ This is the counsel that is counseled over all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.   Morphology זֹאת (zot) – Root: זה (zeh); … Continue reading →

לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּאַרְצִ֔י וְעַל־הָרַ֖י אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ וְסָ֤ר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ עֻלֹּ֔ו וְסֻ֨בֳּלֹ֔ו מֵעַ֥ל שִׁכְמֹ֖ו יָסֽוּר׃ to break Ashshur in My land, and on My mountains I will trample him; and his yoke shall depart from upon them, and his burden shall be removed … Continue reading →

נִשְׁבַּ֛ע יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־לֹ֞א כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּמִּ֨יתִי֙ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֔תָה וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָעַ֖צְתִּי הִ֥יא תָקֽוּם׃ YHWH of hosts has sworn, saying, “Surely as I have thought, so it shall be, and as I have purposed, it shall stand,   Morphology נִשְׁבַּע (nishbaʿ) … Continue reading →

וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָ לְמֹורַ֥שׁ קִפֹּ֖ד וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֨יהָ֙ בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹֽות׃ פ “And I will make her a possession for the porcupine and pools of water, and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares YHWH of hosts.   … Continue reading →

וְקַמְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֑ות וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֜ל שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאָ֛ר וְנִ֥ין וָנֶ֖כֶד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ “And I will rise up against them,” declares YHWH of hosts, “and I will cut off from Bavel name and remnant, offspring and descendant,” declares YHWH.   Morphology … Continue reading →

הָכִ֧ינוּ לְבָנָ֛יו מַטְבֵּ֖חַ בַּעֲוֹ֣ן אֲבֹותָ֑ם בַּל־יָקֻ֨מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים׃ Prepare a slaughter-place for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers, so that they do not rise and possess the land and fill the face of the … Continue reading →

לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ שִׁחַ֖תָּ עַמְּךָ֣ הָרָ֑גְתָּ לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א לְעֹולָ֖ם זֶ֥רַע מְרֵעִֽים׃ You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people; the offspring of evildoers shall never be named forever. … Continue reading →