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Doesהֲthe plowmanהַחֹרֵשׁplowיַחֲרֹשׁallכֹלdayהַיּוֹםto sow?לִזְרֹעַDoes he break openיְפַתַּחand harrowוִישַׂדֵּדhis ground?אַדְמָתוֹ
Isaiah 28:24
Study it in the app“Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he break open and harrow his ground?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:24, word by word
- the plowmanחֹרֵשׁchoresh
plow
To drive the plow, opening furrows in the soil.
Where else “choresh” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- to sowזְרֹעַzeroa
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zeroa” appears- Does he break openיְפַתַּחyefatach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “yefatach” appears- and harrowישַׂדֵּדysaded
harrow
To harrow, to break up and level plowed ground.
Where else “ysaded” appears- his groundאַדְמָתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears
The context
23Give ear and hear my voice; pay attention and hear my saying.
24 · This verse (above)
25Is it not that, when he has leveled its surface, he scatters black cumin and throws cumin, and puts wheat in rows and barley in its marked place and spelt at its border?