Isaiah 14:29

“Do not rejoice, Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for from the root of the serpent will come out a cobra, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.”

Isaiah 14:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

29

Isaiah 14:29, word by word

rejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִיtismchi

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “tismchi” appears
Philistiaפְלֶשֶׁתfeleshet

Philistia

Philistia, the coastal strip where the Philistines lived.

Where else “feleshet” appears
the rodשֵׁבֶטshevet

rod

A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.

Where else “shevet” appears
that struck youמַכֵּmake

defeat

To attack and beat in battle.

Where else “make” appears
is brokenנִשְׁבַּרnishbar

break

To break something to pieces.

Where else “nishbar” appears
from the rootשֹּׁרֶשׁshoresh

shoot

What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.

Where else “shoresh” appears
of the serpentנָחָשׁnachash

serpent

A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.

Where else “nachash” appears
will come outיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetse” appears
a cobraצֶפַעtsefa

viper

A viper, a poisonous snake.

Where else “tsefa” appears
and its fruitפִרְיfiry

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

Where else “firy” appears
a flyingמְעוֹפֵףmeofef

fly

To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.

Where else “meofef” appears
fiery serpentשָׂרָףsaraf

fiery serpent

A snake whose venomous bite burns.

Where else “saraf” appears

Translation note

“Fiery” (שָׂרָף) is the word used for the serpents of Numbers 21:6 and for the seraphim of 6:2.

The context

28In the year of the death of King Ahaz this burden came:

29 · This verse (above)

30And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and it will kill your remnant.

Read all of Isaiah 14

How to use it