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who bringsהַנּוֹתֵןrulersרוֹזְנִיםto nothing;לְאָיִןthe judgesשֹׁפְטֵיof the earthאֶרֶץhe makesעָשָׂהlike emptiness.כַּתֹּהוּ
Isaiah 40:23
Study it in the app“who brings rulers to nothing; the judges of the earth he makes like emptiness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:23, word by word
- who bringsנּוֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- rulersרוֹזְנִיםroznim
ruler, dignitary
Dignitary: a person of weight, an important ruler. It always appears alongside "kings."
Where else “roznim” appears- the judgesשֹׁפְטֵיshofte
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shofte” appears- of the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- he makesעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- like emptinessתֹּהוּtohu
emptiness
Something empty and worthless; "in vain".
Where else “tohu” appears
The context
22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out like a thin veil the heavens, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
23 · This verse (above)
24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely has their trunk taken root in the earth, when he also blows on them, and they wither, and the storm like stubble carries them off.