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Isaiah

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And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And the fading to sink or drop down, languish, fade Verb H5034 נֹבֵל֙ no·vel
flower a blossom, flower, shining thing H6731    
of its glorious beauty, beauty, honor Noun H6643 צְבִ֣י tze·vi
Which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁ֥ר a·sher
is at the head head Noun H7218 רֹ֖אשׁ rosh
of the fertile fat, oil Noun H8081 שְׁמָנִ֑ים she·ma·nim;
valley, a valley Noun H1516 גֵּ֣יא gei
Will be like the first-ripe fig the first ripe fig, early fig H1063    
prior not yet, ere, before that Prepostion H2962 בְּטֶ֣רֶם be·te·rem
to summer, summer, summer fruit Noun H7019 קַ֔יִץ ka·yitz,
Which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁ֨ר a·sher
one sees, to see Verb H7200 יִרְאֶ֤ה yir·'eh
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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[And] as soon a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, beside sub H5750 בְּעֹודָ֥הּ be·'o·v·dah
as it is in his hand, hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan Noun H3709 בְּכַפֹּ֖ו be·chap·pov
He swallows to swallow down, swallow up, engulf Verb H1104 יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ yiv·la·'en·nah.
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New American Standard Bible 1995 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.
King James Bible And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which which is at on the head of the fertile fat valley, Will shall be like a fading flower, and as the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand, He swallows it.hand he eateth it up.
Hebrew Greek English And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.