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Wash yourselves,רַחֲצוּmake yourselves clean;הִזַּכּוּremoveהָסִירוּthe evilרֹעַof your deedsמַעַלְלֵיכֶםfrom beforeמִנֶּגֶדmy eyes;עֵינָיstopחִדְלוּdoing evil.הָרֵעַ
Isaiah 1:16
Study it in the app“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; stop doing evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:16, word by word
- Wash yourselvesרַחֲצוּrachatsu
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachatsu” appears- make yourselves cleanהִזַּכּוּhizaku
be pure, be clean
To be pure, clean, clear; figuratively, to be innocent.
Where else “hizaku” appears- removeהָסִירוּhasiru
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiru” appears- the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of your deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- from beforeנֶּגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- stopחִדְלוּchidlu
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chidlu” appears- doing evilהָרֵעַharea
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “harea” appears
The context
15When 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Learn to do good; seek justice; set right the oppressor; judge the case of the orphan; plead the cause of the widow.