Isaiah 5:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.”
מִגְדָּל
Tower, elevated structure. Migdal. The name of the LORD is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe. God is our high place of protection.
יֶקֶב
a wine-vat
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יֶקֶב
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
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חָצַב
he dug out
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חָצַב
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
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שֹׂרֵק
a choice vine
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שֹׂרֵק
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
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עֵנָב
grapes
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עֵנָב
a grape
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