And the multitudeוְ הֲמוֹןof your strangersזָרָיִךְwill beהָיָהlike fineכְּ דַּקdust,אָבָקand the multitudeוּ הֲמוֹןof the tyrantsעָרִיצִיםlike chaffכְמֹץthat passes away;עֹבֵרand it will happenוְהָיָהin an instant,לְפֶתַעsuddenly.פִּתְאֹם
Isaiah 29:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:5, word by word
- And the multitudeהֲמוֹןhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- of your strangersזָרָיִzarayi
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarayi” appears- will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- like fineדַּקdak
fine
Reduced to loose tiny grains, without weight.
Where else “dak” appears- dustאָבָקavak
fine dust
Very fine dust.
Where else “avak” appears- of the tyrantsעָרִיצִיםaritsim
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritsim” appears- like chaffמֹץmots
chaff
Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.
Where else “mots” appears- that passes awayעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- in an instantפֶתַעfeta
instant, suddenly
Instant, moment; used to say "suddenly."
Where else “feta” appears- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears
The context
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6From YHWH Tsevaot she will be visited with thunder and with earthquake and a great noise, whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.