Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 5:27-30

27None shall be wearyעָיֵ֤ף'a.YefH5889nor stumbleכּוֹשֵׁל֙ko.ShelH3782among them; none shall slumberיָנ֖וּםya.NumH5123nor sleepיִישָׁ֑ןyi.ShanH3462;neither shall the girdleאֵז֣וֹר'e.ZorH232of their loinsחֲלָצָ֔יוcha.la.TzavH2504be loosedנִפְתַּח֙nif.TachH6605,nor the latchetשְׂר֥וֹךְse.RokhH8288of their shoesנְעָלָֽיו׃ne.'a.LavH5275be brokenנִתַּ֖קni.TakH5423:

28Whose arrowsחִצָּיו֙chi.TzavH2671aresharpשְׁנוּנִ֔יםshe.nu.NimH8150,and all their bowsקַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יוka.she.to.TavH7198bentדְּרֻכ֑וֹתde.ru.KhotH1869,their horses’סוּסָיו֙su.SavH5483hoofsפַּרְס֤וֹתpar.SotH6541shall be countedנֶחְשָׁ֔בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803like flintכַּצַּ֣רka.TzarH6862,and their wheelsוְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוve.gal.gi.LavH1534like a whirlwindכַּסּוּפָֽה׃ka.su.FahH5492:

29Their roaringשְׁאָגָ֥הshe.'a.GahH7581shall belike a lionכַּלָּבִ֑יאka.la.Vi'H3833,they shall roarיִשְׁאַ֨גyi.sha.'agH7580like young lionsכַּכְּפִירִ֤יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715:yea, they shall roarוְיִנְהֹם֙ve.yin.HomH5098,and lay holdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270of the preyטֶ֔רֶףTe.refH2964, and shall carry itaway safeוְיַפְלִ֖יטve.yaf.LitH6403,and none shall deliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337it.

30And in that dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117they shall roarוְיִנְהֹ֥םve.yin.HomH5098against them like the roaringכְּנַהֲמַת־ke.na.ha.mat-H5100of the seaיָ֑םYamH3220: and if onelookוְנִבַּ֤טve.ni.BatH5027unto the landלָאָ֙רֶץ֙la.'A.retzH776,behold darknessחֹ֔שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822andsorrowצַ֣רtzarH6862,and the lightוָא֔וֹרva.'orH216is darkenedחָשַׁ֖ךְcha.ShakhH2821in the heavensבַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פba.'a.ri.Fei.haH6183thereof.

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