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The oxשׁוֹרknowsיָדַעits owner,קֹנֵהוּand the donkeyוַחֲמוֹרthe mangerאֵבוּסof its master;בְּעָלָיוIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלdoes notלֹאknow,יָדַעmy peopleעַמִּיdoes notלֹאunderstand.הִתְבּוֹנָן
Isaiah 1:3
Study it in the app“The ox knows its owner, and the donkey the manger of its master; Israel does not know, my people does not understand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:3, word by word
- The oxשׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- its ownerקֹנֵkone
own
To be the owner of something; the one who possesses it.
Where else “kone” appears- and the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- the mangerאֵבוּסevus
manger, crib
A manger, the place where livestock eat.
Where else “evus” appears- of its masterבְּעָלָיbealay
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “bealay” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- understandהִתְבּוֹנָןhitbonan
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “hitbonan” appears
The context
2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for YHWH has spoken: Children I have reared and brought up, but they have transgressed against me.
3 · This verse (above)
4Woe, sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned YHWH, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away backward.