Isaiah

Isaiah 24:20

²⁰The earth staggers like a drunkard

and sways like a shack.

Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,

and it falls, never to rise again.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The earth	אֶ֙רֶץ֙	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
staggers	נ֣וֹעַ	nō·w·a‘	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
like a drunkard	כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר	kaš·šik·kō·wr	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7910 drunken
and sways	וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה	wə·hiṯ·nō·wḏ·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H5110 move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief
like a shack	כַּמְּלוּנָ֑ה	kam·mə·lū·nāh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4412 lodge, hut
Earth’s rebellion	פִּשְׁעָ֔הּ	piš·‘āh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6588 transgression
weighs it down	וְכָבַ֤ד	wə·ḵā·ḇaḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
and it falls	וְנָפְלָ֖ה	wə·nā·p̄ə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
never	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to rise	קֽוּם׃ס	qūm	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
again	תֹסִ֥יף	ṯō·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3254 add

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.