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And they sliceוַיִּגְזֹרon the rightעַל יָמִיןand are hungry,וְרָעֵבand they eatוַיֹּאכַלon the leftעַל שְׂמֹאולand are notוְלֹאsatisfied;שָׂבֵעוּeachאִישׁeatsיֹאכֵלוּthe fleshבְּשַׂרof his own arm:זְרֹעוֹ
Isaiah 9:20
Study it in the app“And they slice on the right and are hungry, and they eat on the left and are not satisfied; each eats the flesh of his own arm:”
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Isaiah 9:20, word by word
- And they sliceיִּגְזֹרyigzor
cut
To divide something into parts with one cut.
Where else “yigzor” appears- on the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- and are hungryרָעֵבraev
be hungry
Be hungry.
Where else “raev” appears- and they eatיֹּאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- on the leftשְׂמֹאולsemovl
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovl” appears- satisfiedשָׂבֵעוּsaveu
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “saveu” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of his own armזְרֹעzero
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zero” appears
The context
19By the fury of YHWH Tsevaot the land is darkened, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.
20 · This verse (above)
21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.