Isaiah 37:24
By the hand of thy servants thou despisedest the Lord, and saidest, In the multitude of my carts, I ascended or went up on the highnesses of hills, on the yokes of Lebanon; and I shall cut down the high things of cedars thereof, and the chosen beeches thereof; and I shall enter into the highness of the top thereof, into the forest of Carmel thereof.This verse in the real world
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- מִבְחָרmibchârselect, i.e. best
- בְּרוֹשׁbᵉrôwsha cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
- יְרֵכָהyᵉrêkâhproperly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
- חָרַףchâraphto pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (
- קוֹמָהqôwmâhheight
- מָרוֹםmârôwmaltitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elatio
- יַעַרyaʻara copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
- לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwnLebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 14:8, Isa 10:18, Zec 11:1–2, 2Ki 19:22–23, Exo 15:9, Dan 4:30, Isa 10:13–14, Isa 36:15–20