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When you spread outוּבְפָרִשְׂכֶםyour palms,כַּפֵּיכֶםI will hideאַעְלִיםmy eyesעֵינַיfrom you;מִכֶּםeven thoughגַּם כִּיyou multiplyתַרְבּוּprayer,תְפִלָּהI am notאֵינֶנִּיlistening;שֹׁמֵעַyour handsיְדֵיכֶםare fullמָלֵאוּof blood.דָּמִים
Isaiah 1:15
Study it in the app“When you spread out your palms, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you multiply prayer, I am not listening; your hands are full of blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:15, word by word
- When you spread outפָרִשְׂfaris
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “faris” appears- your palmsכַּפֵּיkape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kape” appears- I will hideאַעְלִיםalim
ignore
To turn the eyes away; to look the other way when something must be done.
Where else “alim” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- you multiplyתַרְבּוּtarbu
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “tarbu” appears- prayerתְפִלָּהtefila
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefila” appears- listeningשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- your handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- are fullמָלֵאוּmaleu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “maleu” appears- of bloodדָּמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears
The context
14Your new moons and your appointed times my soul hates; they have become a load on me, I am weary of bearing them.
15 · This verse (above)
16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; stop doing evil.