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Isaiah 15

Isa. 15:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Heshbon
Cheshbown (Hebrew #2809)
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Heshbon.
Pronounce: khesh-bone'
Origin: the same as 2808
shall cry
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
, and Elealeh
'El`ale' (Hebrew #500)
from 410 and 5927; God (is) going up; Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan
KJV usage: Elealeh.
Pronounce: el-aw-lay'
Origin: or (more properly) GEl aleh {el-aw-lay'}
: their voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
shall be heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
even unto Jahaz
Yahats (Hebrew #3096)
or (feminine) Yahtsah {yah-tsaw'}; from an unused root meaning to stamp; perhaps threshing-floor; Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Jahaz, Jahazah, Jahzah.
Pronounce: yah'-hats
Origin: or Yahtsah {yah'-tsaw}
: therefore the armed soldiers
chalats (Hebrew #2502)
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
KJV usage: arm (self), (go, ready) armed (X man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
Pronounce: khaw-lats'
Origin: a primitive root
of Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
shall cry out
ruwa` (Hebrew #7321)
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
KJV usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Pronounce: roo-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
; his life
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
shall be grievous
yara` (Hebrew #3415)
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
KJV usage: be grevious (only Isa. 15:4; the rest belong to 7489).
Pronounce: yaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him.

More on:

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Elealeh,
Heshbon,
Jahaz; Jahaza; Jahazah; Jahzah,
Life,
Moab; Moabites,
Soldier

Cross References

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Heshbon.
Isa. 16:8‑9• 8For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants: they reached unto Jaazer; they wandered [through] the wilderness; its shoots stretched out, they went beyond the sea.
 9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest. (Isa. 16:8‑9)
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Num. 32:3‑4• 3{i}Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,{/i}
 4{i}the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle;{/i} (Num. 32:3‑4)
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Jer. 48:34• 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. (Jer. 48:34)
Jahaz.
Num. 21:23• 23{i}But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border; and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.{/i} (Num. 21:23)
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Deut. 2:32• 32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. (Deut. 2:32)
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Josh. 13:18• 18{i}And Jahzah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,{/i} (Josh. 13:18)
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Judg. 11:20• 20{i}But{/i} Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Judg. 11:20)
his.
Gen. 27:46• 46And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life be to me? (Gen. 27:46)
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Num. 11:15• 15{i}And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.{/i} (Num. 11:15)
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1 Kings 19:4• 4{i}And{/i} he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die; {i}and said{/i}, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
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Job 3:20‑22• 20Wherefore giveth he light to the wretched one,{HR}And life to the bitter [in] soul;
 21Who long for death, and it [is] not,{HR}And dig for it more than for hid treasure;
 22Who rejoice to dancing,{HR}Exult when they find the grave? (Job 3:20‑22)
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Job 7:15‑16• 15So that my soul chooseth strangling,{HR}Death rather than these bones: I would not live on;
 16I loathe it: let me alone; my days are vanity. (Job 7:15‑16)
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Jer. 8:3• 3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 8:3)
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Jer. 20:18• 18{i}Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?{/i} (Jer. 20:18)
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Jonah 4:3,8• 3Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
 8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:3,8)
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Rev. 9:6• 6And in those days shall men seek death and shall in no wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. (Rev. 9:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh: their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out: his soul trembleth in him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.