Isaiah 15
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
9For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כִּיkîyH35889× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מוֹאָבMôwʼâbH41248× in this chapter
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בְּכִיBᵉkîyH10653× in this chapter
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- דִּימוֹןDîymôwnH17752× in this chapter
Dimon, a place in Palestine
- דָּמָהdâmâhH18202× in this chapter
to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זָעַקzâʻaqH21992× in this chapter
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
- זַעַקzaʻaqH22012× in this chapter
a shriek or outcry
- יָלַלyâlalH32132× in this chapter
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
- יְלָלָהyᵉlâlâhH32152× in this chapter
{a howl}
- כֵּןkênH36512× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- לַיִלlayilH39152× in this chapter
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59272× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- שָׁדַדshâdadH77032× in this chapter
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
- בְּאֵר אֵלִיםBᵉʼêr ʼÊlîymH8792× in this chapter
Beer-Elim, a place in the Desert
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בָּמָהbâmâhH11161× in this chapter
an elevation
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1271× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)
- בָּרִיחַbârîyachH12811× in this chapter
a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlH13661× in this chapter
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
- גָּגgâgH14061× in this chapter
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
- גָּרַעgâraʻH16391× in this chapter
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
- דִּיבוֹןDîybôwnH17691× in this chapter
Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine
- דָּםdâmH18181× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- דֶּשֶׁאdesheʼH18771× in this chapter
a sprout; by analogy, grass
- זָקָןzâqânH22061× in this chapter
the beard (as indicating age)
- חָגַרchâgarH22961× in this chapter
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
- חוּץchûwtsH23511× in this chapter
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- חָלַץchâlatsH25021× in this chapter
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- חָצִירchâtsîyrH26821× in this chapter
grass; also a leek (collectively)
- חֹרֹנַיִםChôrônayimH27731× in this chapter
Choronajim, a place in Moab
- חֶשְׁבּוֹןCheshbôwnH28091× in this chapter
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30011× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- יַהַץYahatsH30961× in this chapter
Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
- יָסַףyâçaphH32541× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)