Isaiah 32:2

“And each one will be like a cover from the wind and a hiding place from the downpour, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a heavy crag in a weary land.”

Isaiah 32:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 32:2, word by word

And each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
like a coverמַחֲבֵאmachave

hiding place

Hiding place, a place where someone hides.

Where else “machave” appears
from the windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
and a hiding placeסֵתֶרseter

hiding place

A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.

Where else “seter” appears
from the downpourזָרֶםzarem

rainstorm, downpour

A downpour, a heavy rain that falls all at once.

Where else “zarem” appears
like streamsפַלְגֵיfalge

channel, stream

A small stream or channel of water, like those used for irrigation.

Where else “falge” appears
of waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
in a dry landצָיוֹןtsayon

dry land

Dry land, ground without water.

Where else “tsayon” appears
like the shadeצֵלtsel

shade

Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".

Where else “tsel” appears
of a heavyכָּבֵדkaved

heavy

That weighs much and is hard to carry.

Where else “kaved” appears
cragסֶלַעsela

crag

A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.

Where else “sela” appears
in a wearyעֲיֵפָהayefa

weary, exhausted

Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.

Where else “ayefa” appears
landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears

The context

1Look, for righteousness a king will reign, and princes for justice will rule.

2 · This verse (above)

3And the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, and the ears of those who hear will pay attention.

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