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ForכִּיthusכֹהYHWHיְהוָהsaidאָמַרto me:אֵלַי“I will be stillאֶשְׁקֳטָהand lookוְאַבִּיטָהfrom my dwelling place,בִמְכוֹנִיlike dazzlingצַחheatכְּחֹםover the light,עֲלֵי אוֹרlike a cloudכְּעָבof dewטַלin the heatבְּחֹםof harvest.”קָצִיר
Isaiah 18:4
Study it in the app“For thus YHWH said to me: “I will be still and look from my dwelling place, like dazzling heat over the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 18:4, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “I will be stillאֶשְׁקֳטָהeshkota
be at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “eshkota” appears- and lookאַבִּיטָהabita
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “abita” appears- from my dwelling placeמְכוֹנִmechoni
fixed place
Fixed place, dwelling place; foundation.
Where else “mechoni” appears- like dazzlingצַחtsach
radiant
Blinding; burning like the sun.
Where else “tsach” appears- heatחֹםchom
heat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appears- over the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- like a cloudעָבav
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “av” appears- of dewטַלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears- of harvestקָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears
The context
3All the inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, look! And when the horn is blown, listen!
4 · This verse (above)
5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes an unripe grape ripening, he will cut off the tendrils with pruning knives, and the spreading branches he will remove, he will cut away.