Isaiah 5:11
Woe to you that rise altogether early to follow drunkenness, and to drink till to eventide, that ye burn with wine.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נֶשֶׁףneshephproperly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
- אָחַרʼâcharto loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
- שֵׁכָרshêkâran intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
- הוֹיhôwyoh!
- שָׁכַםshâkamliterally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- יַיִןyayinwine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- בֹּקֶרbôqerproperly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 23:29–30, Rom 13:13, Pro 20:1, Isa 5:22, Ecc 10:16–17, Isa 28:7–8, 1Th 5:6–7, Gal 5:21