Study it in the app“and his blast like a torrent that sweeps away, that reaches up to the neck, to sift the nations with a sieve of falsehood; and a bridle that leads astray is on the jaws of the peoples.”
and his blastוְרוּחוֹlike a torrentכְּנַחַלthat sweeps away,שׁוֹטֵףthat reachesיֶחֱצֶהup to the neck,עַד צַוָּארto siftלַהֲנָפָהthe nationsגוֹיִםwith a sieveבְּנָפַתof falsehood;שָׁוְאandוְa bridleרֶסֶןthat leads astrayמַתְעֶהis on the jawsעַל לְחָיֵיof the peoples.עַמִּים
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruch” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsoverflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “shotef” appearsreach middle
To reach the middle.
Where else “yechetse” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavar” appearswield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “hanafa” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearssieve
A tool with holes for sifting grain.
Where else “nafat” appearsfalsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appearsbridle, halter
A bridle, a halter that holds an animal back.
Where else “resen” appearswander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “mate” appearsjawbone
The jawbone of an animal, with its teeth.
Where else “lechaye” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears27Look, the name of YHWH comes from afar, his anger burning, and heavy the rising smoke; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a fire that devours,
28 · This verse (above)
29The song will be yours as in the night when a feast is sanctified, and gladness of heart as one who goes with the flute to come into the mountain of YHWH, to the Rock of Israel.
