Isaiah 23:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.”
זָנָה
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
נָגַן
to play
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נָגַן
properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers; expectation. to play on astringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music
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מַעַן
so that
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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זָכַר
you may be remembered
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זָכַר
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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שִׁיר
song
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שִׁיר
A song, singing. Shiyr. He put a new song in my mouth. Every fresh encounter with God produces fresh praise.
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עִיר
the city
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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יָטַב
do well
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יָטַב
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
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סָבַב
go around
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סָבַב
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
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שָׁכַח
forgotten
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שָׁכַח
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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לָקַח
take
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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רָבָה
multiply
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רָבָה
to increase (in whatever respect)
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כִּנּוֹר
a harp
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כִּנּוֹר
a harp
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