Isaiah 18:5

“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.”

Isaiah 18:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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is overתָםtam

end

To be over, reach its close.

Where else “tam” appears
the flowerנִצָּהnitsa

blossom

A flower, a bud in blossom.

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becomesיִהְיֶהyihye

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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an unripe grapeבֹסֶרvoser

unripe grape

An unripe or sour grape.

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ripeningגֹּמֵלgomel

ripen

To bear ripe fruit.

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he will cut offכָרַתcharat

cut down

To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.

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the tendrilsזַּלְזַלִּיםzalzalim

tendril, twig

A tendril or twig of a vine.

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with pruning knivesמַּזְמֵרוֹתmazmerot

pruning knife

A pruning knife, used to cut vines.

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and the spreading branchesנְּטִישׁוֹתnetishot

branch, tendril

A branch or tendril of a vine.

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he will removeהֵסִירhesir

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

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he will cut awayהֵתַזhetaz

cut off (branches)

To cut off, to lop off branches.

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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.

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