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Your silverכַּסְפֵּךְhas becomeהָיָהdross,לְסִיגִיםyour liquorסָבְאֵךְdilutedמָהוּלwith water.בַּמָּיִם
Isaiah 1:22
Study it in the app“Your silver has become dross, your liquor diluted with water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:22, word by word
- Your silverכַּסְפֵּkaspe
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kaspe” appears- has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- drossסִיגִיםsigim
dross
Dross, what is left over and thrown away when metals are melted and refined.
Where else “sigim” appears- your liquorסָבְאֵsave
drunkard, strong drink
Drunkard; intoxicating drink.
Where else “save” appears- dilutedמָהוּלmahul
dilute (with water)
To dilute, to cut wine with water.
Where else “mahul” appears- with waterמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
22 · This verse (above)
23Your princes are stubborn and companions of thieves; every one of them loves a bribe and chases after rewards. The orphan they do not judge the case of, and the cause of the widow does not come before them.