Isaiah 28:20
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
חֶלֶד
cheled
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
צָרַר
tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרַר tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Study H6887 →חֶלֶד cheled
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
Study H2465 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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