Isaiah 29:1
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲרִיאֵל
ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
אֲרִיאֵל
ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲרִיאֵל ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
Study H740 →אֲרִיאֵל ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
Study H740 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for thei...
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he...
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
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