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Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

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וְנוֹתְרָ֥הvenoterahand excelיָתַרconjunction, verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and excel”, a completed actionH3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserveexcel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.בַתvatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.צִיּ֖וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.כְּסֻכָּ֣הkesukahas boothסֻכָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as booth”, the ordinary formH5521a hut or lairbooth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.בְכָ֑רֶםvekharemin vineyardכֶּרֶםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in vineyard”, the ordinary formH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).כִּמְלוּנָ֥הkimlunahas cottageמְלוּנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as cottage”, the ordinary formH4412a hut, a hammockcottage, lodge.בְמִקְשָׁ֖הvemiqshahin garden of cucumbersמִקְשָׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in garden of cucumbers”, the ordinary formH4750literally a cucumbered field, i.e. a cucumber patchgarden of cucumbers.כְּעִ֥ירkeiras cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.נְצוּרָֽהnetsurahbesiegedנָצַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “besieged”, a verb used as a describing wordH5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Young’s Literal Translation

And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers — as a city besieged.

World English Bible

The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

Darby Translation

And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city.

Douay-Rheims

And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγκαταλειφθήσεται ἡ θυγάτηρ Σιὼν, ὡς σκηνὴ, ἐν ἀμπελῶνι, καὶ ὡς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἐν σικυηράτῳ, ὡς πόλις πολιορκουμένη.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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