Staggering,נוֹעַthe earthאֶרֶץstaggersתָּנוּעַlike a drunkard,כַּשִּׁכּוֹרand it swaysוְהִתְנוֹדְדָהlike a hut;כַּמְּלוּנָהand its transgressionפִּשְׁעָהּlies heavyוְכָבַדupon it,עָלֶיהָand it will fallוְנָפְלָהand will notוְלֹאriseקוּםagain.תֹסִיף
Isaiah 24:20
Study it in the app“Staggering, the earth staggers like a drunkard, and it sways like a hut; and its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it will fall and will not rise again.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:20, word by word
- Staggeringנוֹעַnoa
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “noa” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- like a drunkardשִּׁכּוֹרshikor
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikor” appears- and it swaysהִתְנוֹדְדָהhitnodda
sway
To sway, like a reed.
Where else “hitnodda” appears- like a hutמְּלוּנָהmeluna
hut, shelter
A hut, a watchman's shelter in a field; also a hanging bed.
Where else “meluna” appears- and its transgressionפִּשְׁעָpisha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pisha” appears- lies heavyכָבַדchavad
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “chavad” appears- and it will fallנָפְלָהnafla
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appears- riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- againתֹסִיףtosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosif” appears
The context
19Broken, the earth is broken; split apart, the earth is split apart; shaken, the earth is shaken.
20 · This verse (above)
21And it will happen, on that day, that YHWH will punish the army of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground.