Isaiah 41:15

“Look, I have made you into a threshing sledge, sharp, new, double-edged; you will thresh mountains and crush them, and the hills like chaff you will make.”

Isaiah 41:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 41:15, word by word

I have made youשַׂמְתִּיsamti

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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into a threshing sledgeמוֹרַגmorag

threshing sledge

Threshing sledge: a heavy board with stones or iron underneath, which oxen dragged over the ears of grain to separate the grain.

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sharpחָרוּץcharuts

threshing sledge

A spiked board to separate grain.

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newחָדָשׁchadash

new

New.

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double-edgedבַּעַלbaal

one having

Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.

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double-edgedפִּיפִיּוֹתpifiyot

edge

An edge; "two-edged", said of a sword that cuts on both sides.

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you will threshתָּדוּשׁtadush

thresh, trample

Thresh: tread the grain to separate it from the straw; also to trample.

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mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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and crush themתָדֹקtadok

crush fine

Crush until very fine.

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and the hillsגְבָעוֹתgevaot

hill

Hill.

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like chaffמֹּץmots

chaff

Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.

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The context

14Do not fear, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I help you, declares YHWH, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 · This verse (above)

16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them off, and the storm will scatter them; and you will rejoice in YHWH; in the Holy One of Israel you will glory.

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