Isaiahchapter 15
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Isaiah 15— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Moab Laid Waste in a Single Night1
Isaiah 15:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 15:1
The harsh prophecy concerning Moab Isaiah prophesied that Sennacherib would come upon Moab and exile them, as it is said (infra:14): “In three years, like the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be debased.”
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Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 15:1
The Burden Of The Cup Of Cursing To Give Moab To Drink. Because in the night Leheyath Moab is destroyed, and they were asleep. Yea, in the night the fortified city of Moab was subdued, and they were in deep slumber.
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Isaiah 15:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 15:2
They went up to the temple, and Dibon Moab went up to the temple, and the people of Dibon to the high places.
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Isaiah 15:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 15:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 15:4
because the armed men of Moab shall cry in alarm Since the armed men of Moab shall cry out towards the battle, and the soul of Moab shall cry out for itself, like one mourning for himself.
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Fugitives to Zoar and the Waters Full of Blood5
Isaiah 15:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab The Jewish prophets are not like the gentile prophets. Balaam sought to uproot Israel for no reason, whereas the prophets of Israel bewail the calamity that befalls the nations.
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Isaiah 15:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 15:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 15:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 15:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
