Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.This verse in the real world
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- דַּבֶּשֶׁתdabbeshetha sticky mass, i.e. the hump of acamel
- אֶפְעֶהʼephʻehan asp or other venomous serpent
- לַיִשׁlayisha lion (from his destructive blows)
- צוֹקtsôwqa strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress
- עַיִרʻayirproperly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
- שָׂרָףsârâphburning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical cre
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- עוּףʻûwphto fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 8:15, Isa 46:1–2, Deu 4:20, Jer 11:4, Hos 8:9–10, 1Ki 10:2, Jer 2:6, Isa 57:9