Isaiah 28:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

Young's Literal Translation
And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That [is] on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it [is] yet in his hand he swalloweth it.

King James Bible
And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Hebrew
The fading
נֹבֵל֙ (nō·ḇêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

flower
צִיצַ֤ת (ṣî·ṣaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6733: A flower

of his beautiful
צְבִ֣י (ṣə·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle

splendor,
תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹ (ṯip̄·’ar·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the summit
רֹ֖אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

above the fertile
שְׁמָנִ֑ים (šə·mā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

valley,
גֵּ֣יא (gê)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1516: A valley

will be
וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a ripe fig
כְּבִכּוּרָהּ֙‪‬ (kə·ḇik·kū·rāh)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1061: The first-fruits of the crop

before
בְּטֶ֣רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

the summer harvest:
קַ֔יִץ (qa·yiṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7019: To awake

Whoever sees
יִרְאֶ֤ה (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

it will swallow it
יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ (yiḇ·lā·‘en·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

while it is still
בְּעוֹדָ֥הּ (bə·‘ō·w·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

in his hand.
בְּכַפּ֖וֹ (bə·ḵap·pōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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