Isaiah 18:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

Young's Literal Translation
For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath [one] cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.

King James Bible
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

before
לִפְנֵ֤י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the harvest,
קָצִיר֙ (qā·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

when the blossom
פֶּ֔רַח (pe·raḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6525: A calyx, bloom

is gone
כְּתָם־ (kə·ṯām-)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8552: To be complete or finished

and the flower
נִצָּ֑ה (niṣ·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5328: A blossom

becomes
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a ripening
גֹּמֵ֖ל (gō·mêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

grape,
וּבֹ֥סֶר (ū·ḇō·ser)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1155: Unripe or sour grapes

He will cut off
וְכָרַ֤ת (wə·ḵā·raṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

the shoots
הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ (haz·zal·zal·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2150: Tremulous, a twig

with a pruning knife,
בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת (bam·maz·mê·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4211: A pruning knife

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

remove
הֵתַֽז׃ (hê·ṯaz)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8456: To strike away

and discard
הֵסִ֥יר (hê·sîr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

the branches.
הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת (han·nə·ṭî·šō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5189: A twig, tendril

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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