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And his breath
ruwach (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
as an overflowing
shataph (shaw-taf')
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer -- drown, (over-)flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
stream
nachal (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
shall reach to the midst
chatsah (khaw-tsaw')
to cut or split in two; to halve -- divide, live out half, reach to the midst, participle
of the neck
tsavva'r (tsav-vawr')
in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound) -- neck.
to sift
nuwph (noof)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
the nations
gowy (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
with the sieve
naphah (naw-faw')
a height; also a sieve -- border, coast, region, sieve.
of vanity
shav' (shawv)
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
and there shall be a bridle
recen (reh'-sen)
a halter (as restraining); by implication, the jaw -- bridle.
in the jaws
lchiy (lekh-ee')
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone -- cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
of the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
causing them to err
ta`ah (taw-aw')
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both |
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