NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon It shall even be as when an hungryra`eb (raw-abe') hungry (more or less intensely) -- hunger bitten, hungry. man dreameth chalam (khaw-lam') to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream and behold he eateth 'akal (aw-kal') to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite. but he awaketh quwts (koots) to awake -- arise, (be) (a-)wake, watch. and his soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) is empty reyq (rake) empty; figuratively, worthless -- emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man). or as when 'aher (ash-er') who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. a thirsty man tsame' (tsaw-may') thirsty -- (that) thirst(-eth, -y). dreameth chalam (khaw-lam') to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream and behold he drinketh shathah (shaw-thaw') to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely. but he awaketh quwts (koots) to awake -- arise, (be) (a-)wake, watch. and behold he is faint `ayeph (aw-yafe') languid -- faint, thirsty, weary. and his soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) hath appetite shaqaq (shaw-kak') to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily -- have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro). so shall the multitude hamown (haw-mone') a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth -- abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult. of all 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. be that fight tsaba' (tsaw-baw') to mass (an army or servants) -- assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war. against mount har (har) a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion. Zion Tsiyown (tsee-yone') Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem -- Zion. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible It will be as when a hungry man dreams-- And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty man dreams-- And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his thirst is not quenched. Thus the multitude of all the nations will be Who wage war against Mount Zion. King James Bible It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. Holman Christian Standard Bible It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating, then wakes and is still hungry; and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking, then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water. So it will be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion. International Standard Version as when a hungry man dreams— he eats, but wakes up still hungry; or when a thirsty man dreams— he drinks, but wakes up faint, with his thirst unquenched. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion. NET Bible It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will be like hungry people who dream that they're eating and wake up to find they're hungry. They will be like thirsty people who dream that they're drinking and wake up to find they're lightheaded and parched with thirst. This is what will happen to the armies from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion. King James 2000 Bible It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. Links Isaiah 29:8Isaiah 29:8 NIV Isaiah 29:8 NLT Isaiah 29:8 ESV Isaiah 29:8 NASB Isaiah 29:8 KJV |