And it will be,וְהָיָהas with the people,כָעָםso with the priest;כַּכֹּהֵןas with the slave,כַּעֶבֶדso with his master;כַּאדֹנָיוas with the female slave,כַּשִּׁפְחָהso with her mistress;כַּגְּבִרְתָּהּas with the buyer,כַּקּוֹנֶהso with the seller;כַּמּוֹכֵרas with the lender,כַּמַּלְוֶהso with the borrower;כַּלֹּוֶהas with the creditor,כַּנֹּשֶׁהso with the one whoכַּאֲשֶׁרowes him.נֹשֶׁא בוֹ
Isaiah 24:2
Study it in the app“And it will be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the female slave, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the one who owes him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:2, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- as with the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- so with the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- as with the slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- so with his masterאדֹנָיdonay
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “donay” appears- as with the female slaveשִּׁפְחָהshifcha
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifcha” appears- so with her mistressגְּבִרְתָּgevirta
mistress
Mistress: the lady who owns a female slave; also a queen.
Where else “gevirta” appears- as with the buyerקּוֹנֶהkone
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kone” appears- so with the sellerמּוֹכֵרmocher
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mocher” appears- as with the lenderמַּלְוֶהmalve
lend
To give something of one's own to someone in need, to be returned later.
Where else “malve” appears- as with the creditorנֹּשֶׁהnoshe
lend; creditor
Lend; one who lends and presses for payment, a creditor.
Where else “noshe” appears- owes himנֹשֶׁאnoshe
lend
Loan at interest; one who demands what is owed.
Where else “noshe” appears
The context
1Look, YHWH is emptying the earth and laying it waste; and he distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
2 · This verse (above)
3Emptied, the earth will be emptied; and plundered, it will be plundered; for YHWH has spoken this word.