| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 40:7:1 ⧉יָבֵ֤שׁyaveshwithers Isaiah 40:7:2 ⧉חָצִיר֙khatsirgrass Isaiah 40:7:3 ⧉נָ֣בֵֽלnavelfades Isaiah 40:7:4 ⧉צִ֔יץtsitsflower Isaiah 40:7:5 ⧉כִּ֛יkifor Isaiah 40:7:6 ⧉ר֥וּחַruakhbreath or wind Isaiah 40:7:7 ⧉יְהוָ֖הyahwehLORD Isaiah 40:7:8 ⧉נָ֣שְׁבָהnashevablows Isaiah 40:7:9 ⧉בּ֑וֹboon it or in it Isaiah 40:7:10 ⧉אָכֵ֥ןakhensurely Isaiah 40:7:11 ⧉חָצִ֖ירkhatsirgrass Isaiah 40:7:12 ⧉הָעָֽם׃haamthe people |
| 7. Formal Translation The grass withers and the flower fades because the breath of the LORD {Yahweh, Sovereign Blower} has blown on it; surely the people are grass. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation Grass dries up and flowers fall when the LORD’s {Yahweh, Life Giver and Taker} wind blows on them; truly, people are like grass. |