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Learnלִמְדוּto do good;הֵיטֵבseekדִּרְשׁוּjustice;מִשְׁפָּטset rightאַשְּׁרוּthe oppressor;חָמוֹץjudge the case ofשִׁפְטוּthe orphan;יָתוֹםplead the cause ofרִיבוּthe widow.אַלְמָנָה
Isaiah 1:17
Study it in the app“Learn to do good; seek justice; set right the oppressor; judge the case of the orphan; plead the cause of the widow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:17, word by word
- Learnלִמְדוּlimdu
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “limdu” appears- to do goodהֵיטֵבhetev
do good
To act rightly, or mend one's ways.
Where else “hetev” appears- seekדִּרְשׁוּdirshu
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “dirshu” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- set rightאַשְּׁרוּashru
guide
To lead others along a road, for good or ill; to set them right.
Where else “ashru” appears- the oppressorחָמוֹץchamots
oppressor
An oppressor, a violent person.
Where else “chamots” appears- judge the case ofשִׁפְטוּshiftu
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shiftu” appears- the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- plead the cause ofרִיבוּrivu
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “rivu” appears- the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears
Translation note
“Set right the oppressor” (אַשְּׁרוּ חָמוֹץ) can also be understood as “help the oppressed.”
The context
16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; stop doing evil.
17 · This verse (above)
18Come now, and let us argue it out, says YHWH. If your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; if they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.