Isaiah 28:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Hos 10:11-12 : 11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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