Isaiah 28:25

“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?”

Isaiah 28:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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