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Isaiah 28

Isa. 28:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When he hath made plain
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thereof, doth he not cast abroad
puwts (Hebrew #6327)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
KJV usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Pronounce: poots
Origin: a primitive root
the fitches
qetsach (Hebrew #7100)
fennelflower (from its pungency)
KJV usage: fitches.
Pronounce: keh'-tsakh
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to incise
, and scatter
zaraq (Hebrew #2236)
to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)
KJV usage: be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew.
Pronounce: zaw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the cummin
kammon (Hebrew #3646)
"cummin" (from its use as a condiment)
KJV usage: cummin.
Pronounce: kam-mone'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to store up or preserve
, and cast
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
in φthe principal
sowrah (Hebrew #7795)
properly, a ring, i.e. (by analogy) a row (adverbially)
KJV usage: principal.
Pronounce: so-raw'
Origin: from 7786 in the primitive sense of 5493
wheat
chittah (Hebrew #2406)
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
KJV usage: wheat(-en).
Pronounce: khit-taw'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
and the appointed
caman (Hebrew #5567)
to designate
KJV usage: appointed.
Pronounce: saw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
barley
s`orah (Hebrew #8184)
and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from 8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose)
KJV usage: barley.
Pronounce: seh-o-raw'
Origin: or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant)
and the χrie
kuccemeth (Hebrew #3698)
spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn)
KJV usage: fitches, rie.
Pronounce: koos-seh'-meth
Origin: from 3697
in their ψplace
gbuwlah (Hebrew #1367)
feminine of 1366; a boundary, region
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, landmark. place.
Pronounce: gheb-oo-law'
Origin: or (shortened) gbulah {gheb-oo-law'}
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or, the wheat in the principal place, and the barley in the appointed place.
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or, spelt.
ψ
border.

More on:

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Barley,
Cummin,
Fitches,
Plain,
Rie; Rye,
Wheat

Cross References

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in the principal, etc.
or, the wheat in the principal place,and the barley in the appointed place.
rye.
or, spelt.
Ex. 9:31‑32• 31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
 32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up. (Ex. 9:31‑32)
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Ezek. 4:9• 9Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. (Ezek. 4:9)
place.
Heb. border.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rowsb, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "the best wheat."