Isaiah 27:4

“Fury I do not have. Oh that someone would give me briers and thorns in battle! I would march against it, I would set it on fire all together.”

Isaiah 27:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 27:4, word by word

Furyחֵמָהchema

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chema” appears
Oh that someone would give meיִתְּנֵyitne

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “yitne” appears
briers andשָׁמִירshamir

brier

Thorny plants on abandoned land.

Where else “shamir” appears
thornsשַׁיִתshayit

thornbush, brush

Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.

Where else “shayit” appears
in battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
I would marchאֶפְשְׂעָהefsa

march, stride

To march, to stride forward.

Where else “efsa” appears
I would set it on fireאֲצִיתֶatsite

set on fire

To set on fire, to burn.

Where else “atsite” appears
all togetherיָּחַדyachad

together

Together, at the same time.

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The context

3I, YHWH, keep it; every moment I water it; lest anyone come upon it, night and day I keep it.

4 · This verse (above)

5Or let him take hold of my stronghold, let him make peace with me; peace let him make with me.”

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