Isaiah 64:2

“as fire kindles dry branches, as fire makes water boil, to make known your name to your adversaries! Before you nations will tremble.”

Isaiah 64:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 64:2, word by word

fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
kindlesקְדֹחַkedoach

be kindled

Be kindled, catch fire.

Where else “kedoach” appears
dry branchesהֲמָסִיםhamasim

brushwood

Brushwood, dry twigs that crackle as they burn.

Where else “hamasim” appears
makesתִּבְעֶהtive

boil

To make something boil, or swell and bulge, like a wall about to fall.

Where else “tive” appears
waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
to make knownהוֹדִיעַhodia

make known

To make someone aware, teach.

Where else “hodia” appears
your nameשִׁמְshim

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shim” appears
to your adversariesצָרֶיtsare

adversary

Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.

Where else “tsare” appears
Before youפָּנֶיpane

presence

Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.

Where else “pane” appears
nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
will trembleיִרְגָּזוּyirgazu

tremble

For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.

Where else “yirgazu” appears

The context

1If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, that the mountains would melt before you,

2 · This verse (above)

3When you did fearsome things that we did not wait for, you came down; before you the mountains melted.

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