Look,הִנֵּהthey areהָיוּlike stubble;כְקַשׁfireאֵשׁburns them;שְׂרָפָתַםthey will notלֹאdeliverיַצִּילוּtheir soulאֶת נַפְשָׁםfrom the handמִיַּדof the flame;לֶהָבָהthere is noאֵיןcoalגַּחֶלֶתfor warming oneself,לַחְמָםno fireאוּרto sitלָשֶׁבֶתbefore.נֶגְדּוֹ
Isaiah 47:14
Study it in the app“Look, they are like stubble; fire burns them; they will not deliver their soul from the hand of the flame; there is no coal for warming oneself, no fire to sit before.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 47:14, word by word
- they areהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- like stubbleקַשׁkash
stubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- burns themשְׂרָפָתַserafata
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serafata” appears- deliverיַצִּילוּyatsilu
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsilu” appears- their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the flameלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- coalגַּחֶלֶתgachelet
coal, ember
A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.
Where else “gachelet” appears- for warming oneselfחְמָםchemam
be warm
To receive warmth and stop being cold.
Where else “chemam” appears- no fireאוּרur
fire
What burns and gives heat and brightness.
Where else “ur” appears- to sitשֶׁבֶתshevet
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevet” appears- beforeנֶגְדּnegd
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negd” appears
The context
13You are weary with the great number of your counsels; let them stand up now and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who make known at the new moons what will come upon you.
14 · This verse (above)
15So they are to you, those with whom you wore yourself out, your merchants from your youth; each to his own side they wander; there is no one to save you.”