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Forכִּיthe bedהַמַּצָּעis too shortקָצַרto stretch out on,מֵהִשְׂתָּרֵעַand the coveringוְהַמַּסֵּכָהtoo narrowצָרָהto wrap oneself in.כְּהִתְכַּנֵּס
Isaiah 28:20
Study it in the app“For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:20, word by word
- the bedמַּצָּעmatsa
bed
A bed, a place to lie down.
Where else “matsa” appears- is too shortקָצַרkatsar
run short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “katsar” appears- to stretch out onהִשְׂתָּרֵעַhistarea
stretch out
To lie out on a bed at full length to rest.
Where else “histarea” appears- and the coveringמַּסֵּכָהmasecha
covering
A covering or veil spread over something.
Where else “masecha” appears- too narrowצָרָהtsara
distress
To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.
Where else “tsara” appears- to wrap oneself inהִתְכַּנֵּסhitkanes
gather
To gather: to bring people or things together in one place.
Where else “hitkanes” appears
The context
19As often as it passes through, it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”
20 · This verse (above)
21For as at Mount Perazim YHWH will rise up, as in the valley at Gibeon he will rage, to do his work, strange is his work, and to perform his labor, alien is his labor.