Study it in the app“They who pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go to the same girl, so as to profane my holy name.”
They who pantהַשֹּׁאֲפִיםafter the dustעַל עֲפַרof the earthאֶרֶץon the headבְּרֹאשׁof the poor,דַּלִּיםand turn asideוְ יַטּוּthe wayדֶרֶךְof the humble;עֲנָוִיםand a manוְאִישׁand his fatherוְאָבִיוgoיֵלְכוּtoאֶלthe same girl,הַנַּעֲרָהso asלְמַעַןto profaneחַלֵּלmy holyקָדְשִׁיname.שֵׁם
long for
To long for something eagerly.
Where else “shoafim” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearspoor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appearsturn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “yatu” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearshumble, afflicted
Humble, afflicted: one who is low, by his condition or by his attitude; meek.
Where else “anavim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appearsprofane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chalel” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appearsIt can be understood that they long to see the poor thrown down in the dust.
6Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 · This verse (above)
8And on garments taken in pledge they stretch out beside every altar, and the wine of those who have been fined they drink in the house of their god.
