Isaiahchapter 31
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Isaiah 31— 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.
Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt for Horses1
Isaiah 31:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 31:1
Woe Concerning Hoshea and the ten tribes who went down to Egypt for aid, who sent emissaries to So, king of Egypt (II Kings 17).
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Isaiah 31:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 31:2
and His words He did not retract What He said, “And the Lord shall take you back to Egypt in ships” (Deut.:68). This is payment in kind, for I said to you, “You shall no longer see it (ibid.),” and you went there of your own free will.
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Isaiah 31:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 31:3
shall turn His hand For the Holy One, blessed be He, supports everything with His hand, and when He turns it, they will fall, like one who holds something in his hand, and when he inclines his hand, it falls. So is the Midrash Aggadah (Mechilta, Exodus:12).
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As Birds Hovering, So Will the LORD Defend Jerusalem4
Isaiah 31:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 31:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 31:5
passing over (פָּסוֹחַ) passing over. Alternatively, it may be interpreted as an expression of sparing.
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Isaiah 31:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 31:6
Return To the One about Whom you have thought deeply how to turn away from Him, now return to Him.
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Isaiah 31:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 31:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 31:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible