Isaiah 28:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.

Young's Literal Translation
Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie [in] its own border?

King James Bible
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

Hebrew
When
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

he has leveled
שִׁוָּ֣ה (šiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust

its surface,
פָנֶ֔יהָ (p̄ā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

does he not
הֲלוֹא֙ (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sow
יִזְרֹ֑ק (yiz·rōq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew

caraway
קֶ֖צַח (qe·ṣaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7100: Fennelflower

and scatter
וְהֵפִ֥יץ (wə·hê·p̄îṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

cumin?
וְכַמֹּ֣ן (wə·ḵam·mōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3646: Cummin (a plant grown as a condiment)

He plants
וְשָׂ֨ם (wə·śām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

wheat
חִטָּ֤ה (ḥiṭ·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2406: Wheat

in rows
שׂוֹרָה֙ (śō·w·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7795: A ring, a row

and barley
וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה (ū·śə·‘ō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8184: Barley

in plots,
נִסְמָ֔ן (nis·mān)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5567: To designate

with rye
וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת (wə·ḵus·se·meṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3698: Spelt (a kind of wheat)

within its border.
גְּבֻלָתֽוֹ׃ (gə·ḇu·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1367: A boundary, region

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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