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who make a personאָדָםsinמַחֲטִיאֵיby a word,בְּדָבָרand for him who reprovesוְלַמּוֹכִיחַin the gateבַּשַּׁעַרlay snares,יְקֹשׁוּןand turn asideוַיַּטּוּthe righteousצַדִּיקwith emptiness.בַתֹּהוּ
Isaiah 29:21
Study it in the app“who make a person sin by a word, and for him who reproves in the gate lay snares, and turn aside the righteous with emptiness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:21, word by word
- who make a personאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- sinמַחֲטִיאֵיmachatie
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “machatie” appears- by a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- and for him who reprovesמּוֹכִיחַmochiach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “mochiach” appears- in the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- lay snaresיְקֹשׁוּyekoshu
set a snare
To set a snare, to lay a trap.
Where else “yekoshu” appears- and turn asideיַּטּוּyatu
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “yatu” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- with emptinessתֹּהוּtohu
emptiness
Something empty and worthless; "in vain".
Where else “tohu” appears
Translation note
“With emptiness” translates the word of Genesis 1:2 (“formless”) and Isaiah 24:10; it can be understood: with arguments without substance.
The context
20For the tyrant has come to nothing, and the scoffer is finished, and all who watch for wickedness will be cut off,
21 · This verse (above)
22Therefore thus says YHWH to the house of Jacob, he who ransomed Abraham: “Jacob will not now be ashamed, and his face will not now grow pale.