Isaiah 5:1

“Let me sing now for my dear one the song of my beloved about his vineyard: My dear one had a vineyard on a fertile hill.”

Isaiah 5:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Allusion · Matthew 21:33

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The parable begins like the song of the vineyard in Isaiah 5:1-2: planting a vineyard, putting a fence around it, building a tower and digging a winepress.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • יִּטָּעֵyitaeH5193ἐφύτευσενephyteusenG5452“plant”
  • כַרְמjarmH3754ἀμπελῶναampelōnaG290“vineyard”
  • מִגְדָּלmigdalH4026πύργονpyrgonG4444“tower”

Allusion · Mark 12:1

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The parable begins like the song of the vineyard in Isaiah 5:1-2: planting a vineyard, building a tower and digging a winepress.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • כַרְמjarmH3754ἈμπελῶναAmpelōnaG290“vineyard”
  • יִּטָּעֵyitaeH5193ἐφύτευσενephyteusenG5452“plant”
  • יֶקֶבyekevH3342ὑπολήνιονhypolēnionG5276“winepress”
  • מִגְדָּלmigdalH4026πύργονpyrgonG4444“tower”

Isaiah 5:1, word by word

Let me singאָשִׁירָהashira

sing

To give voice to a melody, to praise YHWH or to celebrate.

Where else “ashira” appears
for my dear oneידִידִydidi

beloved

Beloved, dear.

Where else “ydidi” appears
the songשִׁירַתshirat

song

A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.

Where else “shirat” appears
of my belovedדּוֹדִdodi

beloved

The one who is loved.

Where else “dodi” appears
about his vineyardכַרְמcharm

vineyard

Vineyard.

Where else “charm” appears
hadהָיָהhaya

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “haya” appears
on a fertileבֶּןben

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “ben” appears
on a fertileשָׁמֶןshamen

abundance

Literally "oil": plenty, land that yields much.

Where else “shamen” appears
hillקֶרֶןkeren

hill

A long-backed hill; or the rays that come out of something.

Where else “keren” appears

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a tower in its midst and also hewed out a winepress in it; and he waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced sour grapes.

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