Isaiah 28:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he [continually] open and harrow his ground?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲכֹל הַיּוֹם יַחֲרֹשׁ הַחֹרֵשׁ לִזְרֹעַ יְפַתַּח וִישַׂדֵּד אַדְמָתוֹ

Transliteration

?-all hayyôm yaḥărōš haḥōrēš to-lizrōaʿ yəp̄attaḥ and-wiśaddēḏ ʾaḏmāṯô

Grammar Details

*hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day
*yaḥărōš*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he plows
*haḥōrēš*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the plower
*lizrōaʿ*: qal infinitive construct - to sow
*yəp̄attaḥ*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he breaks up
*wiśaddēḏ*: conjunction + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he harrows
*ʾaḏmāṯô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ground

Word Meanings

*yaḥărōš*: plows/tills
*yəp̄attaḥ*: breaks up/opens
*wiśaddēḏ*: harrows/levels/smooths
*ʾaḏmāṯô*: his ground/his soil/his land

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Hos 10:11-12 : 11 And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out [the grain]; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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