Study it in the app“For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full from the east, and have soothsayers like the Philistines, and with the children of foreigners they clasp hands.”
Forכִּיyou have forsakenנָטַשְׁתָּהyour people,עַמְּךָthe houseבֵּיתof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבbecauseכִּיthey are fullמָלְאוּfrom the east,מִקֶּדֶםand have soothsayersוְעֹנְנִיםlike the Philistines,כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּיםand with the childrenוּבְיַלְדֵיof foreignersנָכְרִיםthey clasp hands.יַשְׂפִּיקוּ
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “natashta” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appearspractice soothsaying
To seek signs to divine, something forbidden.
Where else “onnim” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsson
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yalde” appearsforeign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachrim” appearsclap
To smack the palms together in anger, scorn or grief.
Where else “yaspiku” appears5House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7Their land has been filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land has been filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
