On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאhuman beingsהָאָדָםwill throw awayיַשְׁלִיךְtheir idolsאֱלִילֵיof silverכַסְפּוֹand their idolsוְ אֱלִילֵיof gold,זְהָבוֹwhichאֲשֶׁרthey madeעָשׂוּfor themselvesלוֹto bow down to,לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתto the molesלַחְפֹּר פֵּרוֹתand to the bats,וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִים
Isaiah 2:20
Study it in the app“On that day human beings will throw away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to bow down to, to the moles and to the bats,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 2:20, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- will throw awayיַשְׁלִיךְyashlich
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlich” appears- their idolsאֱלִילֵיelile
idol
False gods worth nothing, made by human hands.
Where else “elile” appears- of silverכַסְפּchasp
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chasp” appears- of goldזְהָבzehav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zehav” appears- they madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- to bow down toהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתhishtachavot
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appears- to the molesחְפֹּרchepor
digger (mole?)
A digger; with H6512, an animal that burrows in the ground.
Where else “chepor” appears- to the molesפֵּרוֹתperot
hole (with H2661: mole?)
A hole; with H2661, an animal that digs holes, probably the mole or the rat.
Where else “perot” appears- and to the batsעֲטַלֵּפִיםatalefim
bat
Bat. The list places it among the birds because it flies.
Where else “atalefim” appears
The context
19And they will go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the dust, from before the dread of YHWH and from the majesty of his loftiness, when he rises to terrify the earth.
20 · This verse (above)
21to go into the clefts of the rocks and into the crevices of the crags, from before the dread of YHWH and from the majesty of his loftiness, when he rises to terrify the earth.