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Whatמַהmoreעוֹדwas there to doלַּעֲשׂוֹתfor my vineyardלְכַרְמִיthatוְI have notלֹאdoneעָשִׂיתִיin it?בּוֹWhy,מַדּוּעַwhen I waitedקִוֵּיתִיfor it to produceלַעֲשׂוֹתgrapes,עֲנָבִיםdid it produceוַיַּעַשׂsour grapes?בְּאֻשִׁים
Isaiah 5:4
Study it in the app“What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I waited for it to produce grapes, did it produce sour grapes?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 5:4, word by word
- was there to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- for my vineyardכַרְמִcharmi
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charmi” appears- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- when I waitedקִוֵּיתִיkiveti
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kiveti” appears- grapesעֲנָבִיםanavim
grape
Grape.
Where else “anavim” appears- sour grapesבְּאֻשִׁיםbeushim
wild grapes, bad fruit
Wild grapes: sour, worthless fruit.
Where else “beushim” appears
The context
3And now, inhabitant of Jerusalem and man of Judah, judge, please, between me and my vineyard.
4 · This verse (above)
5And now let me tell you what I am doing to my vineyard: removing its hedge, and it will be for consuming; breaking down its wall, and it will be for trampling.