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Look,הֵןthe nationsגּוֹיִםare like a dropכְּמַרfrom a bucket,מִדְּלִיand like dustוּכְשַׁחַקon the balanceמֹאזְנַיִםthey are regarded;נֶחְשָׁבוּlook,הֵןthe coastlandsאִיִּיםhe lifts upיִטּוֹלlike fine powder.כַּדַּק
Isaiah 40:15
Study it in the app“Look, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and like dust on the balance they are regarded; look, the coastlands he lifts up like fine powder.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:15, word by word
- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- are like a dropמַרmar
drop
A drop.
Where else “mar” appears- from a bucketדְּלִיdeli
bucket
Bucket: a vessel for drawing water.
Where else “deli” appears- and like dustשַׁחַקshachak
fine dust
Very fine particles.
Where else “shachak” appears- on the balanceמֹאזְנַיִםmoznayim
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “moznayim” appears- they are regardedנֶחְשָׁבוּnechshavu
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “nechshavu” appears- the coastlandsאִיִּיםiyim
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “iyim” appears- he lifts upיִטּוֹלyitol
lift; lay on
Lift, bear; and hence lay something on someone, impose it.
Where else “yitol” appears- like fine powderדַּקdak
fine
Reduced to loose tiny grains, without weight.
Where else “dak” appears
The context
14With whom did he take counsel, that he might make him understand and teach him in the path of justice, and teach him knowledge, and make known to him the way of understanding?
15 · This verse (above)
16And Lebanon is not enough to burn, and its animals are not enough for a burnt offering.