Do notאַלrejoice,תִּשְׂמְחִיPhilistia,פְלֶשֶׁתall of you,כֻּלֵּךְbecauseכִּיthe rodשֵׁבֶטthat struck youמַכֵּךְis broken;נִשְׁבַּרforכִּיfrom the rootמִשֹּׁרֶשׁof the serpentנָחָשׁwill come outיֵצֵאa cobra,צֶפַעand its fruitוּפִרְיוֹwill bea flyingמְעוֹפֵףfiery serpent.שָׂרָף
Isaiah 14:29
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.