Isaiah 9:10
“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'Anefē
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- שִׁקְמָהshiqmâha sycamore (usually the tree)
- לְבֵנָהlᵉbênâha brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
- גָּזִיתgâzîythsomething cut, i.e. dressed stone
- גָּדַעgâdaʻto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
- חָלַףchâlaphproperly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- נָפַלnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurat
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