King James Version

Isaiah 29:1

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

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ה֚וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.אֲרִיאֵ֣לarielArielאֲרִיאֵלnoun, proper name — “Ariel”H740Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an IsraeliteAriel.אֲרִיאֵ֔לarielArielאֲרִיאֵלnoun, proper name — “Ariel”H740Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an IsraeliteAriel.קִרְיַ֖תqiryatcityקִרְיָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7151building; a citycity.חָנָ֣הchanahencampחָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “encamp”, a completed actionH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.דָוִ֑דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.סְפ֥וּsefvperishסָפָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “perish”, a commandH5595properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.שָׁנָ֛הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).חַגִּ֥יםchagimfeastחַגnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “feast”, the ordinary formH2282a festival, or a victim therefor(solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.יִנְקֹֽפוּyinqofvcompassנָקַףverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “compass”, a wish or indirect commandH5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulatecompass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round.

World English Bible

Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;

Darby Translation

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Alas for the city Ariel, which David besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐαὶ Ἀριὴλ πόλις, ἣν ἐπολέμησε Δαυείδ· συναγάγετε γενήματα ἐνιαυτὸν ἐπὶ ἐνιαυτὸν, φάγεσθε, φάγεσθε γὰρ σὺν Μωάβ,