Isaiah 14:31
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
פְּלֶשֶׁת
Pᵉlesheth
Pelesheth, a region of Syria
παραλυτικός
paralytikós
as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →צָפוֹן tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Study H6828 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →Cross References
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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