Isaiah 28:2

“Look, 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.”

Isaiah 28:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 28:2, word by word

Adonai hasאדֹנָdona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “dona” appears
one strongחָזָקchazak

strong

Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.

Where else “chazak” appears
and mightyאַמִּץamits

strong, mighty

Strong, firm, mighty.

Where else “amits” appears
like a downpourזֶרֶםzerem

rainstorm, downpour

A downpour, a heavy rain that falls all at once.

Where else “zerem” appears
of hailבָּרָדbarad

hail

Hail.

Where else “barad” appears
a destroyingקָטֶבkatev

destruction, plague

A plague that destroys.

Where else “katev” appears
stormשַׂעַרsaar

storm

A strong wind with rain that sweeps away; a storm.

Where else “saar” appears
of mightyכַּבִּירִיםkabirim

mighty, great, much

Great, mighty; also much, abundant.

Where else “kabirim” appears
watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
that sweep awayשֹׁטְפִיםshotfim

overflow

To burst its banks and carry everything off.

Where else “shotfim” appears
he casts it downהִנִּיחַhiniach

put

To set something or someone in a place.

Where else “hiniach” appears
to the earthאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

Where else “arets” appears
with the handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears

The context

1Woe 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!

2 · This verse (above)

3Under feet will be trampled the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.

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