Study it in the app“Scarcely 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.”
Scarcelyאַף בַּלare they planted,נִטָּעוּscarcelyאַף בַּלare they sown,זֹרָעוּscarcelyאַף בַּלhas their trunkגִּזְעָםtaken rootשֹׁרֵשׁin the earth,בָּאָרֶץwhen he also blowsוְגַם נָשַׁףon them,בָּהֶםand they wither,וַיִּבָשׁוּand the stormוּסְעָרָהlike stubbleכַּקַּשׁcarries them off.תִּשָּׂאֵם
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appearsplant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “nitau” appearssow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zorau” appearsstump, trunk
The trunk of a tree; also the stump left when it is cut down.
Where else “giza” appearstake root
To take hold in the ground by sending out roots, like a plant that prospers.
Where else “shoresh” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsblow
Blow (of the wind).
Where else “nashaf” appearsdry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yivashu” appearsstorm, whirlwind
A whirlwind, a tempest: a very strong wind that swirls and sweeps along.
Where else “seara” appearsstubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “tisae” appears23who brings rulers to nothing; the judges of the earth he makes like emptiness.
24 · This verse (above)
25“And to whom will you liken me, that I should be equal to him?” says the Holy One.
