Isaiah 33:11

“You conceive dry grass, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.”

Isaiah 33:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 33:11, word by word

You conceiveתַּהֲרוּtaharu

conceive

Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.

Where else “taharu” appears
dry grassחֲשַׁשׁchashash

dry grass, chaff

Dry grass, hay.

Where else “chashash” appears
you give birthתֵּלְדוּteldu

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

Where else “teldu” appears
to stubbleקַשׁkash

stubble

Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.

Where else “kash” appears
your breath isרוּחֲruach

breath

Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.

Where else “ruach” appears
a fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
that will devour youתֹּאכַלְtochal

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “tochal” appears

The context

10“Now I will rise,” says YHWH, “now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.

11 · This verse (above)

12And peoples will be burnings of lime, thornbushes cut down, in the fire they will be set ablaze.

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