Isaiah 28:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֶחֶם יוּדָק כִּי לֹא לָנֶצַח אָדוֹשׁ יְדוּשֶׁנּוּ וְהָמַם גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו לֹא־יְדֻקֶּנּוּ

Transliteration

Leḥem yûḏāq for not for-lāneṣaḥ ʾāḏôš yəḏûšennû and-hāmam gilgal ʿeḡlāṯô and-p̄ārāšāyw not-yəḏuqqennû

Grammar Details

*Leḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread/grain
*yûḏāq*: hophal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - is ground
*lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + masculine singular noun - forever
*ʾāḏôš*: infinitive absolute - threshing
*yəḏûšennû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he threshes it
*hāmam*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he drives
*gilgal*: masculine singular construct - wheel of
*ʿeḡlāṯô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his cart
*p̄ārāšāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his horses
*yəḏuqqennû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he crushes it

Word Meanings

*Leḥem*: bread/grain/food
*yûḏāq*: is ground/is crushed
*lāneṣaḥ*: forever/continuously/completely
*ʾāḏôš*: threshing/trampling
*yəḏûšennû*: he threshes it/he tramples it
*hāmam*: drives/moves/pushes
*gilgal*: wheel of/cart wheel of
*p̄ārāšāyw*: his horses/his horsemen
*yəḏuqqennû*: he crushes it/he grinds it

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 21:10 : 10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Amos 9:9 : 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Matt 3:12 : 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matt 13:37-43 : 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 {G1161} The field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 {G1161} The enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
John 12:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn . Doth God take care for oxen? 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 28:27
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13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
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