Is it notהֲלוֹאthat, whenאִםhe has leveledשִׁוָּהits surface,פָנֶיהָhe scattersוְהֵפִיץblack cuminקֶצַחand throwsוְ יִזְרֹקcumin,כַמֹּןand putsוְשָׂםwheatחִטָּהin rowsשׂוֹרָהand barleyוּשְׂעֹרָהin its marked placeנִסְמָןand speltוְכֻסֶּמֶתat its border?גְּבֻלָתוֹ
Isaiah 28:25
Study it in the app“Is 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:25, word by word
- he has leveledשִׁוָּהshiva
calm
To calm the soul.
Where else “shiva” appears- its surfaceפָנֶיfane
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fane” appears- he scattersהֵפִיץhefits
scatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “hefits” appears- black cuminקֶצַחketsach
black cumin
Black cumin: a small dark seed used as a spice.
Where else “ketsach” appears- and throwsיִזְרֹקyizrok
sprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “yizrok” appears- cuminכַמֹּןchamon
cumin
Cumin: an aromatic seed used as a spice.
Where else “chamon” appears- and putsשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- wheatחִטָּהchita
wheat
Wheat.
Where else “chita” appears- in rowsשׂוֹרָהsora
row
A row, an orderly line of plants.
Where else “sora” appears- and barleyשְׂעֹרָהseora
barley
Barley.
Where else “seora” appears- in its marked placeנִסְמָןnisman
appointed (place)
Appointed, set in its proper place.
Where else “nisman” appears- and speltכֻסֶּמֶתchusemet
spelt
Spelt: a grain like wheat.
Where else “chusemet” appears- at its borderגְּבֻלָתgevulat
border, territory
Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.
Where else “gevulat” appears
The context
24Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he break open and harrow his ground?
25 · This verse (above)
26And he instructs him in the proper way; his Elohim teaches him.