Forכִּיbeforeלִפְנֵיthe harvest,קָצִירwhenכְּthe blossomפֶּרַחis over,תָםandוּthe flowerנִצָּהbecomesיִהְיֶהan unripe grapeבֹסֶרripening,גֹּמֵלhe will cut offוְכָרַתthe tendrilsהַזַּלְזַלִּיםwith pruning knives,בַּמַּזְמֵרוֹתand the spreading branchesוְאֶת הַנְּטִישׁוֹתhe will remove,הֵסִירhe will cut away.הֵתַז
Isaiah 18:5
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 18:5, word by word
- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the harvestקָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears- the blossomפֶּרַחperach
flower, blossom
Flower, bud, blossom; also a flower-shaped ornament.
Where else “perach” appears- is overתָםtam
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tam” appears- the flowerנִצָּהnitsa
blossom
A flower, a bud in blossom.
Where else “nitsa” appears- becomesיִהְיֶהyihye
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihye” appears- an unripe grapeבֹסֶרvoser
unripe grape
An unripe or sour grape.
Where else “voser” appears- ripeningגֹּמֵלgomel
ripen
To bear ripe fruit.
Where else “gomel” appears- he will cut offכָרַתcharat
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “charat” appears- the tendrilsזַּלְזַלִּיםzalzalim
tendril, twig
A tendril or twig of a vine.
Where else “zalzalim” appears- with pruning knivesמַּזְמֵרוֹתmazmerot
pruning knife
A pruning knife, used to cut vines.
Where else “mazmerot” appears- and the spreading branchesנְּטִישׁוֹתnetishot
branch, tendril
A branch or tendril of a vine.
Where else “netishot” appears- he will removeהֵסִירhesir
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hesir” appears- he will cut awayהֵתַזhetaz
cut off (branches)
To cut off, to lop off branches.
Where else “hetaz” appears
The context
4For 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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6They will be left together for the bird of prey of the mountains and for the beasts of the earth; and the bird of prey will spend the summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will spend the winter on them.