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Isaiah 30:28 Interlinear

And his breath stream as an overflowing of the neck shall reach to the midst to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity and there shall be a bridle causing them to err in the jaws of the people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְרוּח֞וֹH7307And his breathwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
2כְּנַ֤חַלH5158streama stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
3שׁוֹטֵף֙H7857as an overflowingto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
4עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
5צַוָּ֣ארH6677of the neckthe back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
6יֶֽחֱצֶ֔הH2673shall reach to the midstto cut or split in two; to halve
7לַהֲנָפָ֥הH5130to siftto quiver (i.e., vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinad
8גוֹיִ֖םH1471the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
9בְּנָ֣פַתH5299with the sievea height
10שָׁ֑וְאH7723of vanityevil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
11וְרֶ֣סֶןH7448and there shall be a bridlea halter (as restraining); by implication, the jaw
12מַתְעֶ֔הH8582causing them to errto vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
13עַ֖לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
14לְחָיֵ֥יH3895in the jawsthe cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
15עַמִּֽים׃H5971of the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Verse Context

Isaiah 30:27 Behold the name of the LORD cometh from far burning...
Isaiah 30:28 (current)And his breath stream as an overflowing of the neck shall reach to the midst to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity and there shall be a bridle causing them to err in the jaws of the people
Isaiah 30:29Ye shall have a song as in the night is kept solemnity...

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