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Isaiah 4:6

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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וְסֻכָּ֛הvesukahand boothסֻכָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and booth”, the ordinary formH5521a hut or lairbooth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.תִּהְיֶ֥הtihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְצֵלletselto shadeצֵלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to shade”, the ordinary formH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).יוֹמָ֖םyomamdailyיוֹמָםadverb — “daily”H3119dailydaily, (by, in the) day(-time).מֵחֹ֑רֶבmechorevfrom desolationחֹרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from desolation”, the ordinary formH2721drought or desolationdesolation, drought, dry, heat, [idiom] utterly, waste.וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ulemachsehand to shelterמַחֲסֶהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and to shelter”, the ordinary formH4268a shelter (literally or figuratively)hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.וּלְמִסְתּ֔וֹרulemistorand to covertמִסְתּוֹרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and to covert”, the ordinary formH4563a refugecovert.מִזֶּ֖רֶםmizeremfrom floodזֶרֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from flood”, the ordinary formH2230a gush of waterflood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.וּמִמָּטָֽרumimatarand from rainמָטַרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and from rain”, the ordinary formH4306rainrain.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there shall be a pavilion for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Young’s Literal Translation

And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!

World English Bible

There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

Darby Translation

And there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Douay-Rheims

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a security and covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there shall be a pavilion for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it shall be for a shadow from the heat, and as a shelter and a hiding-place from inclemency of weather and from rain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται εἰς σκιὰν ἀπὸ καύματος, καὶ ἐν σκέπῃ καὶ ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ ἀπὸ σκληρότητος καὶ ὑετοῦ.