Isaiah 28:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp [threshing] instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי לֹא בֶחָרוּץ יוּדַשׁ קֶצַח וְאוֹפַן עֲגָלָה עַל־כַּמֹּן יוּסָּב כִּי בַמַּטֶּה יֵחָבֶט קֶצַח וְכַמֹּן בַּשָּׁבֶט

Transliteration

For not with-ḥārûṣ yûḏaš qeṣaḥ and-ʾôp̄an ʿăḡālāh on-kammōn yûssāḇ for with-hammaṭṭeh yēḥāḇeṭ qeṣaḥ and-ḵammōn with-haššāḇeṭ

Grammar Details

*ḥārûṣ*: masculine singular noun - threshing sledge
*yûḏaš*: hophal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - is threshed
*qeṣaḥ*: masculine singular noun - black cummin
*ʾôp̄an*: masculine singular construct - wheel of
*ʿăḡālāh*: feminine singular noun - cart/wagon
*kammōn*: masculine singular noun - cummin
*yûssāḇ*: hophal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - is turned
*hammaṭṭeh*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the staff/rod
*yēḥāḇeṭ*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - is beaten
*ḵammōn*: masculine singular noun - cummin
*haššāḇeṭ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the rod/staff

Word Meanings

*ḥārûṣ*: threshing sledge/sharp tool
*yûḏaš*: is threshed/is trampled
*ʾôp̄an*: wheel of/cart wheel of
*yûssāḇ*: is turned/is driven/is rolled
*yēḥāḇeṭ*: is beaten/is struck

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Amos 1:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
Isa 27:7-8 : 7 Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them? 8 In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Isa 41:15 : 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Jer 10:24 : 24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

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