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Isaiah 29:1

ה֚וֹי
hôwy
oh! אֲרִיאֵ֣ל
ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite אֲרִיאֵ֔ל
ʼĂrîyʼêl
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite קִרְיַ֖ת
qiryâh
a city חָנָ֣ה
chânâh
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege) דָוִ֑ד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse סְפ֥וּ
çâphâh
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish) שָׁנָ֛ה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time) עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications שָׁנָ֖ה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time) חַגִּ֥ים
chag
a festival, or a victim therefor יִנְקֹֽפוּ
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Isaiah 29:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Woe (judgment is coming) to
Name Meaning
The identical name (Ariel) used three times across these two verses. Ariel can mean both "lion of God" and "altar hearth" - the text plays o…Ariel, to Ariel
Name Meaning
The identical name (Ariel) used three times across these two verses. Ariel can mean both "lion of God" and "altar hearth" - the text plays o…, the city where David [once] camped!
Name Meaning
The identical name (Ariel) used three times across these two verses. Ariel can mean both "lion of God" and "altar hearth" - the text plays o… Add yet another year; let the feasts run their course [but only one year more].
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This same name's second meaning - 'altar hearth' - becomes what the city literally turns into.

Isaiah 29:1 · WEB

Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;

Isaiah 29:2 · WEB

then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.

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“Woe (judgment is coming) to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David [once] camped! Add yet another year; let the feasts run their course [but only one year more].”
Isaiah 29:1
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