Isaiah 15:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
שַׂק
sackcloth
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שַׂק
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
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כֹּל
all of/ it
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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יָלַל
it is wailing
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יָלַל
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
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גָּג
roofs/ its
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גָּג
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
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חָגַר
they have girded on
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חָגַר
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
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