Isaiah 18:5
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קַדְמָה
qadmâh
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
קָצִיר
qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
צֶמַח
tsemach
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
תָּמִים
tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
סְמָדַר
çᵉmâdar
a vine blossom; used also adverbially, abloom
גָּמַל
gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
פֶּרַח
perach
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
פְּאֹרָה
pᵉʼôrâh
properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
וָו
vâv
a hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
קָנֶה
qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּמַל gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Study H1580 →פְּאֹרָה pᵉʼôrâh
properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
Study H6288 →קָצִיר qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
Study H7105 →Cross References
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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