Isaiah 28:27 Go deeper
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For the fitches are not threshed with a 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. (KJV)
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כִּ֣יkithat
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 1
לֹ֤אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 2
בֶֽחָרוּץ֙ve.cha.Rutzwith <the> threshing sledge
Lemma: חָרוּץ (cha.ruts) · Strong's: H2742A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sharp
Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 22:22, Job 41:30, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 12:27, Proverbs 13:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2742A; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 3
י֣וּדַשׁYu.dashit is threshed
Lemma: דּוּשׁ (dush) · Strong's: H1758
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to tread
Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 25:4, Judges 8:7, 2 Kings 13:7, 1 Chronicles 21:20, Job 39:15, Isaiah 25:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1758; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 4
קֶ֔צַחKe.tzachblack cumin
Lemma: קֶ֫צַח (qe.tsach) · Strong's: H7100
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dill
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 28:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7100; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 5
וְאוֹפַ֣ןve.'o.Fanand a wheel of
Lemma: אוֹפָן (o.phan) · Strong's: H0212
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wheel
Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 14:25, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:32, 1 Kings 7:33, Proverbs 20:26, Ezekiel 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0212; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 6
עֲגָלָ֔ה'a.ga.Laha cart
Lemma: עֲגָלָה (a.ga.lah) · Strong's: H5699
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: cart
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 45:19, Genesis 45:21, Genesis 45:27, Genesis 46:5, Numbers 7:3, Numbers 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5699; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 7
עַל\־'al-over
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 8
כַּמֹּ֖ןka.Moncumin
Lemma: כַּמֹּן (kam.mon) · Strong's: H3646
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cummin
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 28:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3646; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 9
יוּסָּ֑בyu.Savit is turned
Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437G
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to turn: turn
Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:24, Exodus 13:18, Exodus 28:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5437G; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 10
כִּ֧יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 11
בַמַּטֶּ֛הva.ma.Tehwith <the> staff
Lemma: מַטֶּה (mat.teh) · Strong's: H4294J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tribe: stick
Used 5 times. Also: Ezekiel 19:11, Ezekiel 19:12, Ezekiel 19:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4294J; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 12
יֵחָ֥בֶטye.Cha.vetit is beaten out
Lemma: חָבַט (cha.vat) · Strong's: H2251
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to beat
Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 24:20, Judges 6:11, Ruth 2:17, Isaiah 27:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2251; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 13
קֶ֖צַחKe.tzachblack cumin
Lemma: קֶ֫צַח (qe.tsach) · Strong's: H7100
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dill
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 28:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7100; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 14
וְכַמֹּ֥ןve.kha.Monand cumin
Lemma: כַּמֹּן (kam.mon) · Strong's: H3646
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cummin
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 28:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3646; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 15
בַּשָּֽׁבֶט\׃ba.Sha.vetwith <the> rod
Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tribe: staff
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 21:20, Leviticus 27:32, Numbers 24:17, Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7626G; TAHOT Isaiah 28:27 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Surely | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| caraway | → | קֶ֫צַח H7100 dill |
| is not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| threshed | → | דּוּשׁ H1758 to tread |
| with a sledge | → | חָרוּץ H2742A sharp |
| and the wheel | → | אוֹפָן H0212 wheel |
| of a cart | → | עֲגָלָה H5699 cart |
| is not rolled | → | סָבַב H5437G to turn: turn |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the cumin | → | כַּמֹּן H3646 cummin |
| But | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| caraway | → | קֶ֫צַח H7100 dill |
| is beaten out | → | חָבַט H2251 to beat |
| with a stick | → | מַטֶּה H4294J tribe: stick |
| and cumin | → | כַּמֹּן H3646 cummin |
| with a rod | → | שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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