a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desireגֵּ֣יא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)חִזָּי֑וֹן
chizzâyôwn
a revelation, expectation by dreamמַה
mâh
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive sensesלָּ֣ךְ
le-
to/for you/your (f.s.)אֵפ֔וֹא
ʼêphôw
strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or thenכִּֽי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedעָלִ֥ית
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativeכֻּלָּ֖ךְ
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)לַגַּגּֽוֹת
gâg
to/for — a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
Isaiah 22:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
Startlingly, Jerusalem itself receives a burden here in the middle of oracles against Babylon, Moab, Egypt, and other foreign nations - Judah is not exempt from this section's judgment.
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“The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,”
Startlingly, Jerusalem itself receives a burden here in the middle of oracles against Babylon, Moab, Egypt, and other foreign nations - Judah is not exempt from this section's judgment.