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Hearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהrulersקְצִינֵיof Sodom;סְדֹםlistenהַאֲזִינוּto the instructionתּוֹרַתof our Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּpeopleעַםof Gomorrah!עֲמֹרָה
Isaiah 1:10
Study it in the app“Hear the word of YHWH, rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our Elohim, people of Gomorrah!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:10, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- rulersקְצִינֵיketsine
commander, leader
Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.
Where else “ketsine” appears- of Sodomסְדֹםsedom
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appears- listenהַאֲזִינוּhaazinu
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazinu” appears- to the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of Gomorrahעֲמֹרָהamora
Gomorrah
See it on the mapWhere else “amora” appears
Places in this verse
1Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
2Gomorrah ?
Today: disputed; near the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain, next to Sodom; its site is not known for certain.
God destroyed it together with Sodom for its great sin (Gen 18:20; 19:24).
The context
9Unless YHWH Tsevaot had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
10 · This verse (above)
11For what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says YHWH. I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and of the fat of fattened animals; and in the blood of bulls and of lambs and of male goats I do not delight.