Study it in the app“Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower, the adornment of its beauty, which is on the head of the valley of fatness of those struck down by wine!”
Woeהוֹיto the crownעֲטֶרֶתof prideגֵּאוּתof the drunkardsשִׁכֹּרֵיof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםand to the fadingוְ נֹבֵלflower,צִיץthe adornmentצְבִיof its beauty,תִפְאַרְתּוֹwhich isאֲשֶׁרon the headעַל רֹאשׁof the valleyגֵּיאof fatnessשְׁמָנִיםof those struck downהֲלוּמֵיby wine!יָיִן
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appearscrown
A crown: a ring of precious metal worn by a king; also an image of honor.
Where else “ateret” appearspride
To think oneself great and speak or live haughtily.
Where else “geut” appearsdrunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikore” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearswither
To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.
Where else “novel” appearsflower
An opened bud of a plant, beautiful but short-lived.
Where else “tsits” appearssplendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appearsbeauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifart” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsvalley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appearsabundance
Literally "oil": plenty, land that yields much.
Where else “shemanim” appearsstrike, hammer
Hammer, strike hard, trample. Used of the blow of a hammer and of horses' hoofs on the ground.
Where else “halume” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears1 · This verse (above)
2Look, Adonai has one strong and mighty, like a downpour of hail, a destroying storm, like a downpour of mighty waters that sweep away; he casts it down to the earth with the hand.
