Isaiah 26:5
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.”
נָגַע
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
שָׁחַח
he will lay low
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שָׁחַח
To bow down, to be brought low, to be cast down. Shachach. Why are you cast down O my soul? The honest acknowledgment of spiritual low points is itself an act of faith.
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עָפָר
the dust
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עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
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יָשַׁב
the inhabitants of
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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שָׂגַב
set on high
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שָׂגַב
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
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מָרוֹם
a high place
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מָרוֹם
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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שָׁפֵל
he will bring low/ it
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שָׁפֵל
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
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קִרְיָה
a town
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קִרְיָה
building; a city
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