Isaiah 37:22
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”
עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
he has spoken
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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רֹאשׁ
a head
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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בְּתוּלָה
the virgin of
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בְּתוּלָה
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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נוּעַ
she has shaken
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נוּעַ
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
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לָעַג
she has mocked
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לָעַג
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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