King James Version

Isaiah 29:7

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

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וְהָיָ֗הvehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כַּֽחֲלוֹם֙kachalomas dreamחֲלוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as dream”, the ordinary formH2472a dreamdream(-er).חֲז֣וֹןchazonvisionחָזוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2377a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oraclevision.לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).הֲמוֹן֙hamonnoiseהָמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “noise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthabundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַגּוֹיִ֔םhagoyimthe Gentileגּוֹיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.הַצֹּבְאִ֖יםhatsoveimthe assembleצָבָאdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the assemble”, a verb used as a describing wordH6633to mass (an army or servants)assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.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,…אֲרִיאֵ֑לarielArielאֲרִיאֵלnoun, proper name — “Ariel”H740Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an IsraeliteAriel.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).צֹבֶ֨יהָ֙tsoveyhaassembleצָבָאverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “assemble”, a verb used as a describing wordH6633to mass (an army or servants)assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּumetsodatahand netמָצוֹדconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and net”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4685a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) towerbulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖יםvehamtsiqimand the distressצוּקconjunction, definite article, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “and the distress”, a verb used as a describing wordH6693to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distressconstrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.לָֽהּlahtoלָֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

Young’s Literal Translation

And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.

World English Bible

The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

Darby Translation

And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her and her fortifications, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Douay-Rheims

And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by night.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἐνυπνιαζόμενος καθʼ ὕπνους νυκτὸς, ὁ πλοῦτος ἁπάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὅσοι ἐπεστράτευσαν ἐπὶ Ἀριὴλ, καὶ πάντες οἱ στρατευόμενοι ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ, καὶ πάντες οἱ συνηγμένοι ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ οἱ θλίβοντες αὐτήν.