Isaiah

Isaiah 5:10

¹⁰For ten acres of vineyard

will yield but a bath of wine,^a

and a homer of seed

only an ephah of grain.^b”

Footnotes

a 5:10 Literally ten yoke of vineyard will yield a bath; that is, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day will yield approximately 5.8 gallons or 22 liters of wine.
b 5:10 Literally and a homer of seed will yield an ephah; that is, a homer of seed (approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters) will yield a tenth of its weight in grain.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֗י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
ten	עֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙	‘ă·śe·reṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H6235 ten
acres	צִמְדֵּי־	ṣim·dê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H6776 couple, pair
of vineyard	כֶ֔רֶם	ḵe·rem	Noun - masculine singular	H3754 vineyard
will yield	יַעֲשׂ֖וּ	ya·‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
a	אֶחָ֑ת	’e·ḥāṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
bath	בַּ֣ת	baṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H1324 bath
and a homer	חֹ֖מֶר	ḥō·mer	Noun - masculine singular	H2563 cement, mortar, clay
of seed	וְזֶ֥רַע	wə·ze·ra‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
an ephah	אֵיפָֽה׃פ	’ê·p̄āh	Noun - feminine singular	H374 ephah

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.