From the soleמִכַּףof the footרֶגֶלeven toוְעַדthe headרֹאשׁthere is noאֵיןsoundnessמְתֹםin it:בּוֹwoundפֶּצַעand bruiseוְחַבּוּרָהand freshטְרִיָּהblow;וּמַכָּהthey have notלֹאbeen pressed outזֹרוּorוְלֹאbound upחֻבָּשׁוּorוְלֹאsoftenedרֻכְּכָהwith oil.בַּשָּׁמֶן
Isaiah 1:6
Study it in the app“From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wound and bruise and fresh blow; they have not been pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:6, word by word
- From the soleכַּףkaf
sole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kaf” appears- of the footרֶגֶלregel
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “regel” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- soundnessמְתֹםmetom
soundness
A place without wound or injury.
Where else “metom” appears- woundפֶּצַעpetsa
wound
Wound.
Where else “petsa” appears- and bruiseחַבּוּרָהchabura
bruise
Blow, bruise, welt.
Where else “chabura” appears- and freshטְרִיָּהteriya
fresh
Fresh, recent: of an open wound (Isaiah 1:6), or of the jawbone of an animal that had died only lately (Judges 15:15).
Where else “teriya” appears- blowמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- been pressed outזֹרוּzoru
squeeze
Squeeze, press something to get out what is inside.
Where else “zoru” appears- bound upחֻבָּשׁוּchubashu
bandage
To wrap a wound or broken bone with bandages so it heals.
Where else “chubashu” appears- softenedרֻכְּכָהrukcha
be smooth
To become smooth like oil.
Where else “rukcha” appears- with oilשָּׁמֶןshamen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears
The context
5Why will you be struck again, that you keep adding rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 · This verse (above)
7Your land is a desolation, your cities burned with fire; your ground, before your eyes strangers devour it, and it is a desolation like the overthrow by strangers.