| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 28:4:1 ⧉וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜הvehayetaand she will be Isaiah 28:4:2 ⧉צִיצַ֤תtsitsatflower of Isaiah 28:4:3 ⧉נֹבֵל֙novelfading Isaiah 28:4:4 ⧉צְבִ֣יtsevibeauty of Isaiah 28:4:5 ⧉תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹtiferettohis glory Isaiah 28:4:6 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich Isaiah 28:4:7 ⧉עַל־רֹ֖אשׁalroshon the head of Isaiah 28:4:8 ⧉גֵּ֣יאgevalley of Isaiah 28:4:9 ⧉שְׁמָנִ֑יםshemanimrich ones or fatness Isaiah 28:4:10 ⧉כְּבִכּוּרָהּ֙kevikuralike its first-ripe fig Isaiah 28:4:11 ⧉בְּטֶ֣רֶםbeterembefore Isaiah 28:4:12 ⧉קַ֔יִץkayitssummer Isaiah 28:4:13 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherwhich Isaiah 28:4:14 ⧉יִרְאֶ֤הyirehe sees Isaiah 28:4:15 ⧉הָֽרֹאֶה֙haroethe one seeing Isaiah 28:4:16 ⧉אוֹתָ֔הּotait Isaiah 28:4:17 ⧉בְּעוֹדָ֥הּbeodawhile it is still Isaiah 28:4:18 ⧉בְּכַפּ֖וֹbekhapoin his palm Isaiah 28:4:19 ⧉יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃סyivlaenahe will swallow it |
| 4. Formal Translation And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; when one sees it, while it is still in his hand, he swallows it up. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation The fading flower of his fleeting beauty, set upon the crown of the abundant valley, will be like an early fig before summer—when someone lifts it, they swallow it whole. |