פירוש על ישעיהו 24:4

it has withered (נָבְלָה) Comp. (Jeremiah 8:13) “And the leaf has withered (נָבֵל).” An expression of withering and languishing.

The earth mourneth, because the King of Assyria has destroyed many countries.

has been humbled (אֻמְלְלָה), an expression of humility. Comp. (Neh. 3: 34) “humble Jews (אֻמְלָלִים).”

נבלה Fadeth away.⁵Literally, according to I. E., is confounded. Niphal of בלל, to confound; comp. ונבקה, and it will be emptied⁶A V., Shall fall. (19:3); ונסבה and it will be surrounded⁷A. V., There was a winding about. (Ez. 41:7); the second נבלה might, however, be the Kal of נבל, to fade; comp. נבול תבול, thou wilt surely wear away⁸The two roots נבל and בלל are similar in form and meaning; the former to fade away, the latter to confound, Niphal to be confounded or to be destroyed. נָבְלָה is therefore either the third person feminine Kal of נבל or the same person Niphal of בלל; the regular form would be נָבַלָּה, but the Dagesh is sometimes omitted, as in the instances quoted by the author. נָבַקָּה═נָבְקָה נָםַבָּה═נָםְבָה. (Ex. 18:18).

The land (תֵּבֵל) This is the land of Israel, which is spiced (מְתֻבֶּלֶת) with many commandments.

יושבי מרום═מרום they that sit on high, the chiefs of the land.⁹A. V., The haughty people.

the highest of the people of the land the pride of the people of the land.