And he will pass throughוְעָבַרit,בָּהּhard-pressedנִקְשֶׁהand hungry;וְרָעֵבand it will happenוְהָיָהwhenכִיhe is hungryיִרְעַבthat he will be enragedוְהִתְקַצַּףand curseוְקִלֵּלhis kingבְּמַלְכּוֹand his Elohim,וּבֵאלֹהָיוand turn his faceוּפָנָהupward.לְמָעְלָה
Isaiah 8:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.