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With measure,בְּסַּאסְּאָהby sending her awayבְּשַׁלְחָהּyou contended with her;תְּרִיבֶנָּהhe removed herהָגָהwith his hardהַקָּשָׁהwindבְּרוּחוֹin the dayבְּיוֹםof the east wind.קָדִים
Isaiah 27:8
Study it in the app“With measure, by sending her away you contended with her; he removed her with his hard wind in the day of the east wind.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 27:8, word by word
- With measureסַּאסְּאָהsasa
measure (uncertain)
A word of uncertain sense: measure, moderation.
Where else “sasa” appears- by sending her awayשַׁלְחָshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- you contended with herתְּרִיבֶterive
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “terive” appears- he removed herהָגָהhaga
remove
To remove, to take away.
Where else “haga” appears- with his hardקָּשָׁהkasha
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kasha” appears- windרוּחruch
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruch” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the east windקָדִיםkadim
east wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appears
Translation note
“With measure” translates a word that appears only here and whose meaning is doubtful.
The context
7Has he struck him like the blow of the one who struck him? Or has he been slain like the slaying of those slain by him?
8 · This verse (above)
9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be expiated, and this is all the fruit of removing his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar like stones of chalk crushed to pieces, Asherahs and incense altars will not rise.