Isaiah 21:11
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַשָּׂא
massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
דּוּמָה
Dûwmâh
Dumah, a tribe and region of Arabia
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׂעִיר
Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
צָפָה
tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
צָפָה
tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
צָפָה tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Study H6822 →צָפָה tsâphâh
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Study H6822 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Study H8165 →מַשָּׂא massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
Study H4853 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be deliver...
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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