Isaiah 2:22

“Have done with the human being who has breath in his nostrils, for at what is he to be reckoned?”

Isaiah 2:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 2:22, word by word

Have doneחִדְלוּchidlu

cease, stop

Stop doing something, cease; leave off.

Where else “chidlu” appears
with the human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
has breathנְשָׁמָהneshama

breath

The puff of life God gave; "every living thing that draws air".

Where else “neshama” appears
in his nostrilsאַפּap

nose

The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.

Where else “ap” appears
to be reckonedנֶחְשָׁבnechshav

count

To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.

Where else “nechshav” appears

The context

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.

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