Isaiah 5:27

“None is weary and none stumbles in it; none slumbers or sleeps; the belt of its hips is not loosened, nor is the strap of its sandals broken.”

Isaiah 5:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 5:27, word by word

is wearyעָיֵףayef

weary, exhausted

Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.

Where else “ayef” appears
stumblesכּוֹשֵׁלkoshel

stumble

To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.

Where else “koshel” appears
slumbersיָנוּםyanum

slumber

To slumber, to doze off from weariness.

Where else “yanum” appears
sleepsיִישָׁןyishan

sleep

To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.

Where else “yishan” appears
the beltאֵזוֹרezor

belt, band

A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.

Where else “ezor” appears
of its hipsחֲלָצָיchalatsay

loins

Loins: the waist, seen as the source of offspring and strength.

Where else “chalatsay” appears
loosenedנִפְתַּחniftach

set free

To free a prisoner, or remove a load.

Where else “niftach” appears
is the strapשְׂרוֹךְseroch

thong

Strap for tying a sandal.

Where else “seroch” appears
of its sandalsנְעָלָיnealay

sandal

Sandal.

Where else “nealay” appears
brokenנִתַּקnitak

tear off, break

Tear off, break by pulling.

Where else “nitak” appears

The context

26And he will raise a banner for the nations from afar, and whistle for it from the end of the earth; and look, swiftly, speedily it comes.

27 · This verse (above)

28Whose arrows are sharp, and all its bows bent; the hooves of its horses are counted like flint, and its wheels like the whirlwind.

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