Isaiah

Isaiah 15:9

⁹The waters of Dimon^c are full of blood,

but I will bring more upon Dimon —

a lion upon the fugitives of Moab

and upon the remnant of the land.

Footnotes

c 15:9 MT, twice in this verse; DSS and Vulgate Dibon; Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The waters	מֵ֤י	mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4325 water, juice, urine
of Dimon	דִימוֹן֙	ḏî·mō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1775 Dimon
are full of	מָ֣לְאוּ	mā·lə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4390 be full, fill
blood	דָ֔ם	ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
but	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I will bring	אָשִׁ֥ית	’ā·šîṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7896 put, set
more	נוֹסָפ֑וֹת	nō·w·sā·p̄ō·wṯ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural	H3254 add
upon	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Dimon	דִּימ֖וֹן	dî·mō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1775 Dimon
a lion	אַרְיֵ֔ה	’ar·yêh	Noun - masculine singular	H738 lion
upon the fugitives	לִפְלֵיטַ֤ת	lip̄·lê·ṭaṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H6413 escape
of Moab	מוֹאָב֙	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
and upon the remnant	וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית	wə·liš·’ê·rîṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7611 rest, residue, remnant, remainder
of the land	אֲדָמָֽה׃	’ă·ḏā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.