And you will be brought low;וְשָׁפַלְתְּfrom the earthמֵאֶרֶץyou will speak,תְּדַבֵּרִיand from the dustוּמֵעָפָרyour sayingאִמְרָתֵךְwill come low;תִּשַּׁחand your voiceקוֹלֵךְwill beוְהָיָהlikeכְּa spirit of the deadאוֹבfrom the earth,מֵאֶרֶץand from the dustוּמֵעָפָרyour sayingאִמְרָתֵךְwill whisper.תְּצַפְצֵף
Isaiah 29:4
Study it in the app“And you will be brought low; from the earth you will speak, and from the dust your saying will come low; and your voice will be like a spirit of the dead from the earth, and from the dust your saying will whisper.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:4, word by word
- And you will be brought lowשָׁפַלְתְּshafalt
bring low, humble
To bring down, to lower someone from his place; to humble.
Where else “shafalt” appears- from the earthאֶרֶץerets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “erets” appears- you will speakתְּדַבֵּרִיtedaberi
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaberi” appears- and from the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- your sayingאִמְרָתֵimrate
word, saying
Saying, spoken word.
Where else “imrate” appears- will come lowתִּשַּׁחtishach
bow down
To bend the body down, whether in grief, in submission or to lie in wait.
Where else “tishach” appears- and your voiceקוֹלֵkole
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kole” appears- will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- a spirit of the deadאוֹבov
medium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ov” appears- will whisperתְּצַפְצֵףtetsaftsef
chirp, whisper
To chirp, to twitter like a bird; also to whisper or mutter.
Where else “tetsaftsef” appears
Translation note
“Spirit of the dead” translates the word that in 8:19 appears in “those who call up the dead.”
The context
3And I will encamp in a circle against you, and I will besiege you with a guard post, and I will raise against you siege works.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the multitude of your strangers will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the tyrants like chaff that passes away; and it will happen in an instant, suddenly.