Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 15:5-9

5My heartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820shall cry outיִזְעָ֔קyiz.'AkH2199for Moabלְמוֹאָ֣בle.mo.'AvH4124;his fugitivesH1280shall fleeunto Zoarצֹ֖עַרTzo.'arH6820,an heiferעֶגְלַ֣ת'eg.LatH5697of three years oldשְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑הshe.li.shi.YahH7992:for by the mounting upמַעֲלֵ֣הma.'a.LehH4608of Luhithהַלּוּחִ֗יתha.lu.ChitH3872with weepingבִּבְכִי֙biv.KhiH1065shall they go it upיַֽעֲלֶה־ya.'a.leh-H5927;for in the wayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of Horonaimחוֹרֹנַ֔יִםcho.ro.Na.yimH2773they shall raise upיְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃ye.'o.'E.ruH5782a cryזַעֲקַת־za.'a.kat-H2201of destructionשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7667.

6For the watersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of Nimrimנִמְרִ֖יםnim.RimH5249shall be desolateמְשַׁמּ֣וֹתme.sha.MotH4923:for the hayחָצִיר֙cha.TzirH2682is withered awayיָבֵ֤שׁya.VeshH3001,the grassדֶ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877failethכָּ֣לָהKa.lahH3615,there is no green thingיֶ֖רֶקYe.rekH3418.

7Therefore the abundanceיִתְרָ֣הyit.RahH3502they have gottenעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213,and that which they have laid upוּפְקֻדָּתָ֔םu.fe.ku.da.TamH6486,shall they carry awayיִשָּׂאֽוּם׃yi.sa.'UmH5375to the brookנַ֥חַלNa.chalH5158of the willowsהָעֲרָבִ֖יםha.'a.ra.VimH6155.

8For the cryהַזְּעָקָ֖הha.ze.'a.KahH2201is gone round aboutהִקִּ֥יפָהhi.Ki.fahH5362the bordersגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of Moabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124;the howlingיִלְלָתָ֔הּyi.la.TahH3215thereof unto Eglaimאֶגְלַ֙יִם֙'eg.La.yimH97,and the howlingיִלְלָתָֽהּ׃yi.la.TahH3215thereof unto Beer–elimH879.

9For the watersמֵ֤יmeiH4325of Dimonדִימוֹן֙di.mOnH1775shall be fullמָ֣לְאוּMal.'uH4390of bloodדָ֔םDamH1818:for I will bringאָשִׁ֥ית'a.ShitH7896moreנוֹסָפ֑וֹתno.sa.FotH3254upon Dimonדִּימ֖וֹןdi.MonH1775,lionsאַרְיֵ֔ה'ar.YehH738upon him that escapethלִפְלֵיטַ֤תlif.lei.TatH6413of Moabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124,and upon the remnantוְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖יתve.lish.'e.RitH7611of the landאֲדָמָֽה׃'a.da.MahH127.

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