Isaiah 8:21

“And he will pass through it, hard-pressed and hungry; and it will happen when he is hungry that he will be enraged and curse his king and his Elohim, and turn his face upward.”

Isaiah 8:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 8:21, word by word

And he will pass throughעָבַרavar

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “avar” appears
hard-pressedנִקְשֶׁהnikshe

be hard

To be heavy to bear, or severe.

Where else “nikshe” appears
and hungryרָעֵבraev

hungry

Hungry, suffering hunger.

Where else “raev” appears
and it will happenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
he is hungryיִרְעַבyirav

be hungry

Be hungry.

Where else “yirav” appears
that he will be enragedהִתְקַצַּףhitkatsaf

be angry

Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.

Where else “hitkatsaf” appears
and curseקִלֵּלkilel

curse

To speak words against someone that wish him harm.

Where else “kilel” appears
his kingמַלְכּmalk

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “malk” appears
and his Elohimאלֹהָיlohay

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “lohay” appears
and turn his faceפָנָהfana

turn

To turn toward something, someone or God.

Where else “fana” appears
upwardמָעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears

The context

20To the instruction and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is those for whom there is no dawn.

21 · This verse (above)

22And he will look to the earth, and look, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness he will be thrust.

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