Isaiah 28:7

“But these also stagger with wine and stray with intoxicating drink; priest and prophet stagger with intoxicating drink; they are swallowed by wine, they stray because of intoxicating drink; they stagger in vision, they stumble in giving verdict.”

Isaiah 28:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 28:7, word by word

staggerשָׁגוּshagu

stagger

To stagger from wine.

Where else “shagu” appears
with wineיַּיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
and strayתָּעוּtau

wander, go astray

Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.

Where else “tau” appears
with intoxicating drinkשֵּׁכָרshechar

intoxicating drink

Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.

Where else “shechar” appears
priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohen” appears
and prophetנָבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “navi” appears
they are swallowedנִבְלְעוּnivlu

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

Where else “nivlu” appears
in visionרֹאֶהroe

vision

What the prophet beholds from God.

Where else “roe” appears
they stumbleפָּקוּpaku

stagger, totter

To stagger, to totter.

Where else “paku” appears
in giving verdictפְּלִילִיָּהpeliliya

judgment, decision

Judgment, the decision of a judge.

Where else “peliliya” appears

The context

6and a spirit of judgment for the one who sits on the judgment seat, and might for those who turn back the battle at the gate.

7 · This verse (above)

8For all tables are full of vomit, of filth, without a clean place.

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