Isaiah 27:11

“When its boughs dry up, they will be broken; women will come and set it on fire. For it is not a people of understanding; therefore its Maker will not have compassion on it, and the one who formed it will not show it favor.”

Isaiah 27:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 27:11, word by word

its boughsקְצִירָketsira

branch

The branches of a tree.

Where else “ketsira” appears
dry upיבֹשׁyvosh

dry up

To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.

Where else “yvosh” appears
they will be brokenתִּשָּׁבַרְנָהtishavarna

break

To break something to pieces.

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womenנָשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “nashim” appears
will come andבָּאוֹתbaot

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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set it on fireמְאִירוֹתmeirot

give light

To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.

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a peopleעַםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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of understandingבִּינוֹתbinot

understanding

Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.

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its Makerעֹשֵׂose

make

To build or create something.

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have compassion on itיְרַחֲמֶyerachame

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

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and the one who formed itיֹצְרyotsr

mold

To mold, as God molded man from dust.

Where else “yotsr” appears
show it favorיְחֻנֶּyechune

show favor

To treat someone with undeserved kindness.

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The context

10For the fortified city is solitary, an abode sent away and forsaken like the wilderness; there the calf will graze, and there it will lie down and consume its branches.

11 · This verse (above)

12And it will happen on that day that YHWH will beat out the grain from the flowing stream of the River to the torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, sons of Israel.

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