Isaiah 23:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַל
ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
מָרַר
mârar
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
חוּל
chûwl
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fig...
צֹרִי
Tsôrîy
a Tsorite or inhabitant of Tsor (i.e. Syrian)
Key Terms in This Verse
חוּל chûwl
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Study H2342 →עַל ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
Study H5922 →Cross References
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
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